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PEOF. JEAN GIJSTAVE KEETELS, 

AUTHOR OF "analytical. AND PRACTICAL FKENCH GRAMXAR," 
" ELEMENT AKT FKENCII GRAMMAr.," ETC., ETC., ETC. 



A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 
NEW YORK: 

CLAEK & MAYISTARD, PUBLISHEES, 

Xo. 5 Barclay Street. 

1880. 



Prof. Keetels' French Series. 

.,. , ■ - <- \\ u 

1. A Child's Illustrated First Sook in Frencli. 

144 pages, 12mo, handsomely bound in cloth. Newly revised. 

The aim of this book is to make the Study of the French language attractive 
and interesting to children, who have no knowledge of the English grammar. 
The object-lesson plan has been adopted. For this purpose, the volume is hand- 
somely illustrated by engravings especially prepared for the book. 

2. An Elementary Frencli Orammar. 264 pages, i2mo. 

This work is designed for students of the grammar department. Its purpose is 
to train them in the principles of French grammar, and to accustom them by oral 
instruction to the use of the French language. 

3. An Analytical and Practical French Orammar. 

524 pages, 12mo. 

This book, containing the advantage of the oral and the analytical method of 
instruction, comprises all that is necessary to teach the French language eucces- 
fully, both theoretically and practically. It is a complete grammar, in which the 
principles of the language are developed in a logical and efficient manner. 

4. A Key to the FniJ^Hsh Exercises in the Analytical 
and Practical French Orammar. i2mo. cioth. 75 cents. 

5. A Colleg^iate Course in the French Eang^uage, 

comprising a complete Grammar, in two parts. Arranged and prepared for the 
Study of French in Colleges and Collegiate Institutions. Part First : A Treatise 
on French Pronunciation ; Rules on Gender ; Etymology ; Exercises for Transla- 
tion ; the Latin Elements common to both the French and the English. Part 
Second : Syntax ; a Collection of Idioms ; Exercises for Translation, and Voca- 
bulary. 

6. A Key to the English Exercises, in Part Second of 

A Collegiate Course in the French Language. (For Teachers only.) 

7. An Analytical French Reader; with English Exercises 

for Translation and Oral Exercises for Practice in Speaking ; Questions on Gram- 
mar, with References to the Author's several Grammars. Notes and Vocabulary. 
In Two Parts. Part First : Selections of Fables, Anecdotes, and Short Stories. 
Part Second : Selections from the best Modern Writers, 320 pages, 12mo. Fox 

introduction, ^1. 

CoPTRiGHT, 1879, BY Clark & Matxard. 



PREFACE. 



This volume takes its appropriate place, as A Child's 
First Book in French, by the side of my Elementary French 
Grammar, and my Analytical and Practical French Gram- 
mar. The three works are not necessarily connected; each 
takes np the subject at its first principles, but in each a dif- 
ferent mode of instruction is adopted, suited to the different 
ages of the scholars for whom the books are written. 

The present work is intended for children who can read, 
but who have not yet any knowledge of the grammar of 
their own language. For this class of scholars objeat-teach- 
ing seems the most suitable ; that is, connecting the instruc- 
tion with an object presented to the eye. This mode has 
been generally followed in the lessons in this book. Pictures 
have been prepared for the purpose, and the lessons, in Part 
First, directly refer to the objects in the pictures. Each 
lesson is headed by a name, which, in connection with the 
illustration, helps to impress the subject-matter of the les- 
son upon the mind, enables the student to recall it more 
readily, and creates a more lively interest. 

In Part Second, the lessons refer to the illustrations in 
Part First, recall the name of each picture, enlarge upon 
the subject, and, by associating new ideas with it, keep alive 
the interest. 

The English is given in all the reading lessons, word for 
word, underneath the French, so that the students may 
know the meaning of each word which they pronounce, 
without referring to the vocabularies. This plan possesses. 



4 PREFACE. 

besides, the advantage of showing the difference in the con- 
struction of the two languages. A correct English version 
of the French exercises follows in Part Third. 

Finally, Part Fourth contains a glance at the parts of 
speech, with j^aradigms of the auxiliary verbs and of the 
four regular conjugations, as an introduction to the study 
of grammar. 

The lessons are progressive. Beginning with the simple 
elements, tliey gradually advance, and develop, in a practical 
course, the first principles, which are the groundwork of 
grammar. 

It may perhaps be nrged as an objection tliat the develop- 
ment is too rapid, and that the lessons towards the end of 
Part Second are too complicated. This ground of objection 
is more apparent than real. The book contains matter for 
a two years' course of instruction, which may even be ex- 
tended beyond that period. Students who enter upon the 
course at nine or ten years of age, will not have completed 
it before they are twelve or thirteen. The average intellect 
of that age can understand all the English in the exercises, 
and hence can acquire a practical knowledge of the same in 
French. 

The favor with which my former works of this series have 
been received by eminent teachers in New York and other 
cities, and by an appreciative public in general, leads me to 
believe that this volume will meet with a kind reception, 
and will readily secure for itself a careful inspection. My 
thanks are due in advance to all who, after a thorough 
examination of it, will express a candid criticism. 

THE AUTHOPw 

Brooklyjs", Maroliy 1875. 



OOITTET^fTS. 



Page 

Preface 3 

Contents.. 5 

To Teachers 7 

Introduction 9 

Alphabet 9 

Orthographic Signs 10 

Vovvel-Sonnds 10 

Diphthorgs 11 

Consonants 11 

Liquid Letters 12 

Final Letters 1^ 

Division of Words into Syllables. ... i^ 

Elision 12 

Exercises in Pronouncing 13 

" on Words Common to both 

Languages 15 

Proper Names of Persons and of 

Cities 18 

Part First 19 

Charles and Mary 20 

Papa and Mamma 21 

Father, Mother and Child 22 

The Gate of the Garden 23 

Henry's Boat 24 

My Uncle and Aunt 25 

The Dog Turco 26 

The Friends 27 

TheW^alk 28 

The Uncle and the Little One 29 

The Nursery 30 

Studying 31 

To School 32 

The Days of the Week 33 

In the Parlor 34 

The Present. .'. 35 

At Breakfast 36 

After the Meal 37 



Page 

At a Picnic 38 

At the Banquet §9 

The Dance on the Sward 40 

The Return 41 

At Work 42 

The Canary Birds 43 

Under tLc Trees 44 

The Race 45 

Mine and Thine 45 

The New Clothes 47 

The Choice 43 

These and Those 49 

The Salutation 50 

An Acquaintance 51 

The Visit 52 

On Horseback and in a Carriage 53 

Sunrise 54 

TheDepaiture 55 

On the Ice 56 

The W^eather 57 

Mamma's Birthday 58 

The Evening Party 59 

The Governess 60 

Part Second = . 61 

Charles and Mary,— Continued 63 

Father, Mother and Child " 64 

Henry's Boat " 65 

The Dog Turco " 66 

Tie Walk " 67 

1 he Nursery " 68 

To School " 69 

In the Parlor " 70 

At Breakfast " 71 

At a Picnic " 72 

The Dance on the Sward " 73 

At Work " 74 

Under the Trees "■ 75 



6 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

Mine and Thine Continued 76 

The Choice " 77 

The Salutation " 78 

TheVi^it " 79 

Sunrise " 80 

On the Ice " 81 

Mamma's Birthday " 82 

A Visit to the Market 83 

Our House 85 

The Parlor 88 

The Library 91 

The Dining-room 93 

The Kitchen 95 

My Room 98 

Part Third 119 

A Correct English Version of tiie 
French Exercises in Part First 
and Part Second 121 



Pagb 

Part Fourth 147 

A Glance at the Parts of Speech 147 

Definitions of the Parts of Speech.. 147 

The Noun 143 

The Article 149 

The Adj ective 149 

The Pronoun 154 

The Verb 155 

Avoir, to have 156 

fitre, to be 158 

Parler, to speak 159 

Finir, to finish 161 

Recevoir, to receive 162 

Vendre, to sell 164 

The Adverb 165 

The Preposition 166 

The Conjunction 167 

The Interjection 167 



At the suggestion of many of the friends of this little volume, 
the author has added the following 



HISTORIETTES. 

Text. 

1. Les Peches X Marmier 101 

2. Les Fraises ScJunid 103 

3. Les Cerises " 104 

4. Les Prunes " 106 

5. Le Pot de Miel *' 107 

6. Le Navet " 109 

7. La Probite Re'compensee Maritan 110 

8. L'Ogre Schmid 113 

9. La Mendiante " 115 

10. La Cigale et la Fourmi La Fontaine 118 



Notes. 

139 
140 
140 
141 
142 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 



TO TEAOHEES. 



This work contains Four Parts and an Introduction. 

The Introduction treats of the letters and their sounds, and gives a 
few exercises in pronouncing. The explanations on the sounds of 
the letters are not written for the children. 

The scholars should learn the names of the letters, either the new 
names or the old. The exercises in pronouncing may at first be omit- 
ted. It is not deemed expedient to teach pronunciation to children 
by means of abstract sounds. The better way is to teach them to 
pronounce short words of simple import, the names of objects with 
which they are acquainted. The first lessons in Part First have 
been framed with this view; take, for instance, the following sen- 
tence, which contains six pure vowel sounds : 

Ou est le de de Marie ? 

9. 4. 2. 3. 2. 1. 5. (p. 10.) 

When they can pronounce such a sentence well, they should be 
taught to give the simple vowel-sounds which it contains, and be 
referred to the part of the introduction that treats of them. 
While students are progressing in the course, it will be found ben- 
eficial to resort from time to time to the exercises in pronouncing, 
and to keep up this practice throughout. 

Part First contains twenty illustrations. There are connected with 
each illustration two French reading exercises, with the English, 
word for word, underneath the French. The sentences, which are 
simple, but progressive, refer to the objects in the pictures. Each 
exercise is preceded by a vocabulary, which contains the words that 
are used for the first time in these lessons. 

The students should learn to pronounce the words in the vocabu- 
laries from the teacher, who should recite them with the class, until 
they can pronounce each word correctly. 

The French sentences of the exercise should be read to the class ; 
the scholars should, in turn, follow the pronunciation of the teacher. 
They should understand the French when the teacher pronounces it, 
and be able to translate it, without looking in the book. 



8 TO TEACHERS. 

After a lesson lias been learned, tlie teaclier should refer to Part 
Third, and call the attention of the students to any difference which 
exists in the construction of the two languages. 

The facts indicative of principles in Etymology are given in the 
vocabularies, and afterwards illustrated in the exercises. The teacher 
should call the attention of the class to these facts, and explain 
them, as far as the students are able to understand them. These 
facts gradually unfold the leading principles in Etymology. The 
treatment of the verb does not extend beyond the tenses of the indic- 
ative mode, the infinitive and the imperative. 

When the class has reached the end of Part First, the study of 
which ought to occupy them for the term of one school-year, they 
should review, by translating the correct English version in Part 
Third into French, and, if practicable, they should write the sentences 
on the blackboard. 

Part Second contains no further development of principles. The 
Exercises refer to the illustrations in Part First, explore the ground 
more thoroughly, add to the knowledge of words, and generally 
assume the form of conversations, by questions and answers. When 
this part is reached, the teacher may vary the sentences in the les- 
son, by incorporating the known elements in new forms of expres- 
sion. It is the intention of the author to have the illustrations 
enlarged for wall-tableaux, to be used with the class for such a pur- 
pose. 

Part Second is to be treated in the same manner as Part First, 
and is to occupy the class another year. 

At the close of the second year, the scholars are supposed to be 
sufficiently advanced in their English studies to begin the study of 
Grammar, in Part Fourth. As they become gradually acquainted 
with the different parts of speech, they should learn to distinguish 
them in their reading exercises. For this purpose, a section of a lesson, 
towards the close of Part Second, beginning with the Market, for 
instance, may be selected, from which they should write down, in 
French and English, first, all the nouns, then the adjectives, pro^ 
nouns, etc. They may afterwards write the same exercises from 
dictation, compose similar exercises, and use the same elements in a 
variety of ways. It is one of the secrets of the profession, to vary 
the food, in order to excite the appetite ; to which may be added 
another one, expressed in the Latin adage, 

Festina lente. 



IE"TRODUOTIOK 



The French Alphabet. 



Old Names. New Names. 3 



A, a, 

B, b, 

C, c, 

D, d, 

E, e, 

F, f, 

G, g, 
H, h, 

I, i, 

J, j, 

K, k, 

L, 1, 

M, m, 



ah, 

bay, 

say, 

day, 

eh, 

eif, 

jay', 

ash, 

ee, 

JeeS 

kah, 

el, 

emm. 



be. 

se. 

de. 

e\ 

fe. 

gue. 

he. 

,1e- 
ke. 
le. 
me. 



N, n, 
0, 0, 






Old Names. 

enn, 

pay, 



New Names. 3 

ne. 



ess, 
tay, 



S, s, 
T, t, 

U, u, ^ 

V, V, vay, 

W, w, double yay, 

X, X, ix, 

Y, y, ee-greck, 

Z, z, zed. 



pe. 

que. 

re. 

se. 
te. 

ve. 
ye. 
kze. 

ze. 



Of the above letters six are vowels ; viz. : 
a, e, i, 0, u, y.' 

The others are consonants. 

The to is not a French letter. It is found in a few for. 
eign words which have been introduced into the French 
language, and is pronounced the same as the v. 

1 The J is pronounced with a soft breathing, the same as s in pleasure. 

2 The q and u have no corresponding sounds in English. 

3 The e in this column has nearly the sound of u in buiT. 

4 Old name. 

^ The y has the same sound as the i. 

1* 



10 INTROD UGTIOK 



1. Orthographic Signs^ 

Tlie written language has accents, cedilla, diceresis, apostrophe, 
liyphen, and the ordinary punctuation marks. 

There are three accents : 

The acute accent (') ; as, e ; 

The gram accent (•) ; as, e, a, u ; 

The circumflex accent (^) ; as, a, e, i, 6, u. 

An accent over the vowel e indicates a modification of its sound : 

The e {acute) has the sound of the English letter a ; 

The e (grave) has the sound of ai in fair ; 

The e {circumflex) has the same sound as e, but broader. 

The cedilla (J is placed under the c (9) when c has the sound of s 
before a, o,u; otherwise, it sounds, before these vowels, the same 
as k. 

The dicer esis {") is placed over a vowel which begins a new sylla- 
ble after another vowel ; as, mais (ma-is). 

The apostrophe (') indicates the suppression of a vowel ; as, Tami 
for le ami ; I'homme for le homme. 

The hyphen (-) serves to connect two or more words, or parts of a 
word ; as, ai-je ; arc-en-ciel. 

2. Vowel' Sounds. 

There are nine pure vowel-sounds, and four nasal vowel-sounds. 

1. Pure Vowel- Sounds, 
The pure vowel-sounds are : 

a, e, e, e or ^, i or y, o, u, eu, ou. 

The following compound vowels represent some of the pure vowel- 
sounds : 

ea sounds as a. aie, ais, or ait, sounds as e. 

ee '' *' e. au, or eau ** *' 0. 

ai *' '' e. oeu *' " eu. 

2. Nasal Vowel- Sounds. 
The four nasal vowel-sounds are : 

an, in, on, un. 



INTRODUCTION. H 

M, preceded by a vowel, has tlie nasal sound of n. Em, or en, 
lias the nasal sound of an | but en, preceded by i, has tlie nasal 
sound of in. 

The nasal sounds are represented by 



an ^ i^ 1 

am im . on ) ^„ un ) 

V = an. . V = in. ^ - on. \ = un. 

en I ain j om ) um) 

em J aim J 

M and n, when double or followed by a vowel, are not nasal. 

3. DijyhtJiongs. 

A diplitliong is a combination of two vowel-sounds w^hicli are both 
heard in pronouncing. 
Pure diphthongs, ia, ie, leu, oi, oue, oui, ui, etc. 
Nasal diphthongs, ian, ien, ion, oin, uin, etc. 



4. Consonants. 

The consonants are pronounced the same as in English, with some 
exceptions. 

C before e, i, y, or 9 before a, n, has the sound of s ; c, in all 
other cases, has the sound of k. 

Ch, followed by a vowel, has generally the sound of sh ; but ch, 
followed by a consonant, has the sound of k. Ch has the sound of 
k in words from the Greek and Hebrew ; as, echo, Cham. 

G before e, i, y, has the sound of s in pleasure ; before a, 0, u, it 
has the sound of the English g in gate. 

H is silent. It is called aspirate when a preceding vowel {e or a) 
is not elided before it (8). 

S has the hissing sound of c at the beginning of a word or sylla- 
ble ; but between two vowels, it has the sound of z. Double s {ss), 
between two vowels, has always the sound of c. 

Sch has the sound of sh. 

T has, in some words, the sound of c ; as, nation, 

Th is sounded like t ; as, the. 

X is a double letter. It sometimes represents the sound of gz ; 
as, examen ; sometimes of kz ; as, maxime ; sometimes of ss ; as, 
soixante ; and sometimes of z; as, deuxieme. 



12 INTB OB UCTION. 



5. Liquid Letters^ 

G and 1 are called liquid letters when they are pronounced so 
smoothly that their natural sounds are not heard. 

G is liquid before n, as in the English word mignonette. 

L is generally liquid when it is preceded by i. The liquid sound 
of 1 is heard in the English word hrilliant, 

6. Final Letters. 

Unaccented final e is silent in words of more than one syllable. 

A final consonant is generally silent. But a final consonant before 
a word that begins with a vowel or an unaspirated h, is generally 
pronounced with the next syllable ; as, Vous etes mon ami, pro- 
nounced Vou zet mo nami. 

Final d before a vowel is sounded like t : quand il. 

*' f ** '* " '* v : neuf heures. 

g '* " " '' k: ranglleve. 

** s or X ** " " '' ^ ; ils ont deux enfants. 

The t of et [and) and the z of assez (enough) are never pronounced. 

7« Division of Words into Syllables, 

In dividing words into syllables, a single consonant between two 
vowels belongs to the vowel that follows ; as, raser {ra-ser). 

The first part of a double consonant belongs to the vowel that pre- 
cedes ; the second, to the vowel that follows ; the latter only is pro- 
nounced ; as, addition, pronounced a-cli cion. 

Two consonants in the middle of a word are separated ; as, parler 
(par-ler) ; except the following combinations, which are inseparable, 
and pronounced with the vowel that follows : hi, hr, eh, chl, chr, d, 
cr, dlj dr, fl, /r, gl, gn, gr, gu, j)h, phi, pi, pr, qu, rh, th, thl, th7\ tr, vr. 

8. Elision. 

The final e of words of one syllable, and the a of la, are elided 
(suppressed) before a word that begins with a vowel or an unaspirated 
h, and an apostrophe indicates the elision. The consonant with the 
apostrophe is pronounced with the next vowel as one syllable. J'ai 
{je) for je-ai, I'orange (lorange) for la orange, I'habit {lahit) for U 
habit. The i of s^ is elided before tl, ils. 



INTRODUCTION. 13 



Exercises in JProiioiincinff. 

(The pnpil should uame the letters iu Freuch, giving to each vowel its proper 

sound.) 

1. Fui^e Vowd-Sowids Combined with Consonants. 
[Final consonants are silent, except those marked by an asterisk (*).] 





a 


e: 


e: 


e or e 


: 1 or y 


: o: 


u: 


eu: 


ou: 




ba 


be. 


be, 


be. 


bi. 


bo, 


bu, 


beu. 


bou. 


k: 


ca, 


que, 


que, 


que, 


qui. 


CO, 


cu. 


queu. 


coa. 


k: 


cla, 


cle, 


cle. 


cle. 


ch. 


cro, 


cru. 


creu. 


crou. 


s: 


ca, 


ce. 


ce. 


ce, 


ci. 


90, 


9u, 


ceu, 


cou. 


sh: 


cha. 


clie, 


clie, 


clie. 


chi. 


cho. 


chu, 


cheu, 


chou. 


k: 


cilia, 


clile. 


clile, 


clile. 


chri. 


chro. 


chru, 


chreu 


, chrou. 




da, 


de. 


de. 


de. 


di. 


do, 


du, 


deu. 


dou. 




fa, 


fe. 


fe, 


fe. 


fi, 


fo, 


fu, 


feu, 


fou. 


g hard: 


ga, 


gue, 


g^e. 


g^e. 


g^i. 


go. 


gu> 


gueu, 


gou. 


g soft: 


gea, 


ge, 


ge, 


ge, 


gi. 


geo, 


geu. 








ha, 


lie. 


lie. 


he, 


hi. 


ho. 


hu, 


heu, 


hou. 




3 a. 


je, 


je, 


je. 


ji. 


jo, 


ju> 


jeu, 


jou. 




la. 


le, 


le, 


le, 


li, 


lo. 


lu, 


leu, 


lou. 




ma, 


me. 


me. 


me, 


mi. 


mo, 


ma, 


meu, 


mou. 




na, 


ne. 


ne, 


ne, 


ni. 


no, 


nu. 


neu, 


nou. 




pa, 


pe. 


pe. 


pe. 


pi. 


po, 


pu, 


peu. 


pou. 




qua. 


que, 


que. 


que, 


qui. 


quo, 




queu, 


quou. 




ra. 


re, 


re. 


re, 


ri, 


ro, 


ru. 


reu, 


rou. 




sa. 


se, 


se, 


se. 


si. 


so. 


su. 


seu. 


sou. 




ta. 


te. 


te. 


te. 


ti. 


to. 


til, 


teu. 


tou. 




va, 


ve. 


ve. 


ve, 


vi> 


TO, 


vu. 


veu. 


YOU. 




xa. 


xe, 


xe, 


xe. 


xi. 


XO, 


xu, 


xeu. 


xoa. 




za. 


ze. 


ze. 


ze, 


zi. 


zo, 


zu, 


zeu, 


zou. 



2. Compound Vowel- Sounds Combined with Consonants, 

au ^^ : dau, maux, faux, 
eau = : beau, seau, teau. 
eu — u : eu, eut, eutes. 

CBU =: eu : YCEu, oeuf," boeuf," 



ea 


— a : gea, 


jea, 




ee 


= e : dee. 


fee. 


lee. 


ai 


= e: j'ai. 


lai, 


rai. 


aie ^ 
ais { 


1 

- = ^ ; plaie. 


mais. 


lait. 


ait J 


1 







14 



INTRODUCTION, 



3. Nasal Vowel-Sounds, 

an: en, sang, sans, cent, sens,-^ dent, quand, banc. 

in : lin, vin, timbre, simple, faim, pain, daim, sein. 

on: son, bon, long, rond, gond, plomb, ombre, sombre. 
un: brun, aucun, cliacun, tribun, commun, parfum, humble. 

4. Pure Diphthongs. 

ia: fia, lia, cria, scia. ieu: pieu, lieu, mieux, cieux. 

ie: fier, lier, crie, scie. oi: foi, loi, moi, toi. 

iel: fiel,^ miel,"^ ciel,* tieP (ae^. ui: bruit, fruit, lui, nuit. 

5. Nasal Diphthongs. 

ien: bien, lien, mien, rien. oin: foin, loin, soin, poing. 

ion: lion, rions, scion, tion {don). uin: juin, suint. 



6. Liquid Letters. 



gn: 



eil, eille: 
ail, aille: 
euil, euille: 
ouil, ouille: 



campagne, 

rognon, 

fusil, 

soleil, 

bet ail, 

deuil, 

bouillir, 



montagne, 

oignon, 

babil, 

pareil, 

travail, 

fauteuil, 

bouillon. 



iigne, 

poignee, 

brille, 

sommeil, 

paille, 

feuille, 

bouille. 



signe. 

poignard. 

coquille. 

oreille. 

bataille. 

cueille. 

rouille. 



7. The Unaccented e. 



e = u in hurr, de, ce, 

e final, silent, age, base, 

e almost silent, cable, fable, 

e " '' besoin, aclieter, 

pronounce (b'soin), (acli'te), 

e = e, et, rez, 

pronounce (e), (re) 



le, me, ne, que. 

cage, fille, forme, liste. 
table, sabre, marbre, mitre, 
demande, elever, samedi, demi. 
(d'mand), (el've), (sam'di), (d'mi). 
clef, bled, pied, parler, 

(cle), (ble), (pie), (parle). 



8. Elision. 

L'or, Targent, d'or, d'argent, I'enfant, I'liomme. L'orange qu'il m*a 
donnee. L'liabit qu'il t'a fait. L'ami I'a mis dans I'eau. S'il t'a dit 
cela (c'la). S'ils I'ont vu. S'il s'en va. S'il s'y fie. J'ai Tananas, 
J'aurai I'orange. Qu'en dit-on ? 



INTRODUCTION, 



15 



9. Final Consonants Before Initial Vowels. 

Je vous ai fait appeler. Vous Stes arrive, apres elle. Quand on est alle 
I'appeler, il etait eudormi. II n'etait pas encore neuf lieures. II etait en- 
core en bas. lis ont dix en f ants. C'est un grand homme. II est ici, 
et elle aussi. C'est assez evident. 

Exercises on Words Coininon to Both 
Languages. 

(The orthography of these words is alike or nearly alike in hoth languages ; the 
chief difference is in the pronunciation.) 





1. 


Words in ade. 




Arcade, 


arcade; 




limonade. 


lemonade; 


ballade, 


ballad; 




parade. 


parade ; 


balustrade, 


1 balustrade; 




promenade. 


promenade 


brigade, 


brigade; 




pommade, 


pomade; 


camarade, 


comrade; 




salade, 


salad; 


And many 


others. 










2. 


Words 


in age. 




Age, 


age; 




langage, 


language; 


bandage, 


bandage; 




page, 


page; 


cage. 


cage; 




passage, 


passage ; 


carnage, 


carnage; 




sage, 


sage; 


courage. 


courage; 




village. 


village; 


And many 


others. 










3 


. Words in al. 




Animal, 


animal ; 




hopital, 


hospital; 


caporal, 


corporal; 




journal. 


journal; 


carnaval. 


carnival ; 




metal, 


metal ; 


general, 


general; 




principal, 


principal; 



And many others. 



16 



INTBODUCTION, 



4. Words in aire ; English ary. 



Adversaire, adversary ; 
dictionnaire, dictionary; 
dromadaire, dromedary; 
militaire, military; 

And many others. 



notaire, 



notary; 



pensionnaire, pensionary | 
rosaire, rosary; 

secretaire, secretary; 



5. Words in ance and ence. 



Alliance 

assistance, 

balance, 

enfance, 



alliance; 
assistance; 
balance; 
infancy; 



indolence, 
prudence, 
silence, 
violence, 



And many others. 



Acteur, 

auteur, author ; 

ambassadeur, embassador 
*. conducteur, conductor; 
And many others. 



6. Words in ewx) English or. 
actor; createur, 

inspecteur. 



interieur, 
superieur, 



7. Words in ion. 



indolence; 
prudence; 
silence; 
violence; 



creator ; 
inspector; 
interior; 
superior; 



Action, 


action ; 


notion. 


notion; 


ambition. 


ambition; 


procession. 


procession; 


creation. 


creation ; 


. - profusion. 


profusion; 


nation, 


nation; 


proportion. 


proportion; 


And many 


others. 








8. 


Words in re. 




Ambre, 


amber; 


mitre, 


miter; 


chambre, 


chamber; 


sabre. 


saber; 


cidre. 


cider; 


theatre. 


theater; 


lettre, 


letter; 






And many 


others. 








9. 


Words in ice. 




Caprice, 


caprice; 


office. 


ofiice; 


edifice. 


edifice; 


service, 


service; 


malice. 


malice; 


vice, 


vice; 



And many others. 



INTROBUGTION. Yl 



10. ^yords having a final e in French and not in English. 

Artiste, artist; journaliste, journalist; 

buste, bust; liste, list; 

dentist e, dentist; terme, term; 

forme, form; verbe, verb; 

And many others. 

11. Words having a final e in English and not in French. 

Oandidat, candidate; magistrat, magistrate; 

chocolat chocolate; prelat, prelate; 

certificat, certificate; senat, senate; 

And some others. 

12. Words ending in te in French and in ty in English. 

Beaute, beauty; liberte, liberty; 

calamite, calamity; qualite, quality; 

depute, deputy; societe, society; 

And some others. 

13. Words ending in French in ie and in English in y. 

Aristocratie, aristocracy; democratie, democracy; 

broderie, embroidery; flatterie, flattery: 

cavalerie, cavalry; maladie, malady; 

And some others. 

14. Words ending in ique ; English ic. 

Arithmetique, arithmetic; musique, music; 

fabrique, fabric; pique-nique, picnic; 

logique, logic; tonique tonic; 

And some others. 

15. Words in ure. 



Agriculture, agriculture; 


figure. 


figure ; 


aventure, adventure; 


litt^rature, 


literature; 


creature, creature; 


nature, 


nature; 


And some others. 







18 



INTRODUCTION. 



Some Proper Names of Persons. 



Ada, 


Adali; 


Gautier, 


Walter; 


Adele, 


Adela; 


Geofiroy, 


Jefery; 


Adolphe, 


Adolphus; 


Georges, 


George; 


Agnes, 


Agnes; 


Gregoire, 


Gregory ; 


Amelie, 


Amelia; 


Guillaume, 


William; 


Anne, 


Ann; Anna; 


Gustave, 


Gustavus; 


Annette, 


Nancy; 


Helene, 


Helen; 


Antoine, 


Anthony; 


Henri, 


Henry; 


Arnaud, 


Arnold; 


Henriette, 


Henrietta; 


Berthe, 


Bertha; 


Isabelle, 


Isabella; 


Blanche, 


Blanch; 


Jacques, 


James; 


Brigitte, 


Bridget; 


Jean, 


John; 


Camille, 


Camilla; 


Jules, 


Julius; 


CeUe, 


Celia; 


Julie, 


Julia; 


Charles, 


Charles; 


Laure, 


Laura; 


Chariot, 


Charley; 


Leonard, 


Leonard; 


Clotilde, 


Clotilda; 


liisette, 


Lizzie; 


Denis, 


Dennis; 


Louis, 


Louis; 


Edmond, 


Edmund; 


Louise, 


Louisa; 


Edouard, 


Edward; 


Lucie, 


Lucy; 


Elie, 


Elias; 


Marguerite, 


Margaret; 


Elisee, 


Elisha; 


Marie, 


Mary; 


EmUe, 


^milius; 


Mathilde, 


Matilda ; 


Emilia, 


Emily ; 


Sophie, 


Sophia; 


Etienne, 


Stephen; 


Susanne, 


Susanna. 



Some Proper Names of Cities. 



Anvers, 


Antwerp ; 


La Haye, 


The Hague ; 


Berlin, 


Berlin ; 


Londres, 


London ; 


Br^me, 


Bremen ; 


Lyon, 


Lyons ; 


Bruxelles, 


Brussels ; 


Madrid, 


Madrid ; 


Calais, 


Calais ; 


Mayence, 


Mentz ; 


Cologne, 


Cologne ; 


Naples, 


Naples ; 


Dresde, 


Dresden ; 


Paris, 


Paris ; 


Edinbourg, 


Edinburgh ; 


Rome, 


Rome; 


Francfort, 


Frankfort ; 


Venise, 


Venice ; 


Le Havre, 


Havre ; 


Vienne, 


Vienna. 



PAirr FiKST. 



20 



CHARLES AND MARY. 



1. Vocabulary, 

a, lias ; le, la, the ; est, is ; 

de, of ; le de, tlie thimble ; qui, who ; 

de, thimble ; la clef, the key ; ou, where ; 

clef, key ; et, and ; ici, here ; la, there. 




2. Charles et Marie, {Charles and Mary,) 

Qui a le de de Marie? 

Who has the thimble of Mary ? (Afary's thimble). 

Charles a le de de Marie. 

Charles has the thimble of Mary. 

Ou est Charles? 

Where is Charles ? 



Charles est ici. 



Charles 



is here. 



Ou est la clef de Charles? 

Where is the key of Charles? (Charles's Jeer,) 

La clef de Charles est la. 

The key of Charles is there. 

Le de et la clef. 

The thimble and the key. 



PAPA AND MAMMA. 



21 



3. Vocabulary, 



je vols, I see ; 
papa, papa ; 
mamaiij mamma ; 
le sofa, the- sofa ; 
la chais3j the cliair ; 
ia table, the table ; 



sur, on, upon ; 

sous, under ; 

voici, {see here), here is, here are ; 

voila, {see there), there is, there are • 

c'est, (for ce est), that is, it is; 

Anne, Ann ; Elise, Eliza ; 

ou, or. 



4. JPapa et Maman. {Papa and Mamma.) 

Je vois papa et inaiiian, 

1 see papa and mamma, 

sur le sofa. 

on the sofa. 

Voici Charles e( Marie. 

Here are Charles and Mary. 

Yoila la clef de Charles, sur la table. 

There is the key of Charles, on the table. 

Oa est la chaise ? 

Where is the chair? 

La chaise est sous la table. 

The chair is under the table. 

Qui est la? 

Who is there? 



yVO 



C^est Anne ou Elise. 

It is Ann or Eliza. 



un homme, a man : 
un enfant, a child ; 
un^bre, a tree ; 



a. uUf UYiBf a or an. 



une femme, a woman ; 
una orange, an orange ; 
une maison, a house. 



22 



FATHER, MOTHER, AND CHILD, 



G. Vocabulary. 



le pare, the father ; 

la mere, the mother ; 

I'enfant {for le enfant), the child ; 

rhomme (for le homme), the man ; 

a, at, to ; 

a I'arbre, at the tree ; 



a la maison, to the house ; 

de la maison, of the house ; 

un banc, a bench ; 

un jardin, a garden ; 

une porte, a door ; a gate ; 

la-bas, yonder. 




7. Le Terej la M^re et P Enfant. (Fafher, Mother, and CkUd.) 

Je vois un homme, une femme et un enfant. 

I see a man, a woman and a child. 

L^ enftxnt a une orange. 

The child has an orange. 

L' homme est le pere de V enfant. 

Tha man is the father of the child. 

La femme est la mere de V enfant. 

The woman is the mother of the child. 

La femme est a la porte de la maison. 

The woman is at the door of the house. 

Yoila un banc sous V arbre. 

There is a bench under the tree. 

Je Yois un jardin la-bas. 

T Fce a ^ard'^n yoiider. 



THE GARDEN-GATE, 23 



8. Vocabulary. 

du (for de le), of the ; il va, lie goes ; elle va, she goes ; 

du jardin, of the garden ; va-t-il ? does he go ? is he going ? 

au {for a le), at the ; to the ; va-t-elle? does she go? is she going? 

au jardin, to the garden ; dans, in, into ; 

il, he, it ; elle, she, it ; un cabas, a satchel, a bag ; 

11 a, he has ; elle a, she has ; la main, the hand ; 

a-t-il ? has he ? a-t-elle ? has she ? a la main, at the hand, in the hand. 



0. La Porte du Jardin, {The Gate of the Garden.) 

Je vois la porte du jardin. 

I see the gate of the garden. 

li homme a la clef dii jardin. 

The man has the key of the garden. 

II va au jardin. 

He is going to the garden. 

Voila r enfant au banc. 

There is the child at the bench. 

A-t-il une orange? 

Has it an orange? 

La femme a un cabas a la main. 

The woman has a satchel in her hand. 

Ou va-t-elle? 

Where is she going ? 

Elle va dans la maison. 

She is going into the house. 



10. motif maf my. 



mon pere, my father ; ma mere, my mother ; 

mon frere, my brother ; ma scBur, my sister ; 

mon^ncle, my uncle ; ma tante, my aunt ; 

mon cousin, my (boy) cousin ; ma coiisine, my (girll cousin. 



24 



HENBTS BOAT. 



11, Vocabulary. 

j'ai {for je ai), I have ; il s'appelle^ Henri, lie is called Henry; 

un bateau, a boat ; est-ce que (qu'), is it that ; 

una potip6e, a doll ; est-ce qu'il va V does he go ? is he going : 

reau(/^rlaeau),the water; bien, well; tras, very; tres-bien, very well. 




12. Le Bateau cV Henri. {Henry's Boat) 

J^ai un frere et une soeiir. 

I have a brother and a sister. 

Mon frere s'appelle Henri. 

My brother is called Henry. 

Ma soeur s'appelle Julie. 

My sister is called Julia. 

Henri a un bateau ; Julie a une poupee. 

Henry has a boat; Julia has a doll. 

Le bateau d' Henri est dans V eau. 

The boat of Henry is in the water. 

Est-ce qu'il va bien? 

Does it go well? 

II va tres-bien. 

It goes very well. 



1 11 s'appelle {for il se appelle), literally, he calls himself. 

2 E-t-ce qii'il va ? means the same as va-t-il ? {See Vocabulary, p. 2o.) 



UNCLE AND A UNT. 2b 

13. Vocahulary. 

ton, ta, tliy ; {your) ; il joue, lie plays, lie is playing ; 

son, sa, his, her, its ; joue-t-il ? ) is he playing ? or, 

son oncla, his uncle, her uncle ; est-ce qu'il joue ? ( does he play ? 
sa tante, his aunt, her aunt ; Julie joue-t-elle ? ) is Julia play- 

je suis, I am ; est-ce que Julie joue ? ) ing ? 

je vais, I go, I am going ; avec, with. 



14:. Mon Oncle et ma Tante. {My Vncie and Aunt.) 
Je vois ton pere et ta mere la-bas. 

I see your father and — mother yonder. 

Ton pere est mon oncle. 

Your father is my uncle. 

Ta mere est ma tante. 

Your mother is my aunt. 

Je suis ton cousin. 

I am your cousin. 

Julie est ma cousine. 

Julia is my cousin. 

Voila Henri a Teau ; joue-t-il avec son bateau? 

There is Henry at the water ; is he playing with his boat? 

Est-ce que Julie joue avec sa poupee? 

Does Julia play with her doll? 

Je vais a la maison. 

I am going to the house (home). 

C^ estbien. 

That is well. 



15. 2>^^*^f petite^ small, little. 

un petit de, a small thimble; grand, grande, large, tall; 

une petite clef, a small key; joli, jolie, pretty ; 

bon, bonne, good. 
2 



26 



THE DOG TURGO. 



un chien, a dog ; 
un chat, a cat ; 



16^ Vocabulary. 

un cheval, a liorse ; 
tine vache, a cow. 




17. Le Chien Turco. {The Dog Turco.) 

Je vois un grand chien ; c'est un bon chien. 

I see a large dog ; it is a good dog. 

II s'appelle Turco. 

It is called Turco. 

Yoila une grande vache ; c'est une bonne vache. 

There is a large cow ; it is a good cow. 

Jilie a un petit chat. 

^ulia has a little cat (kitten). 

Son petit chat est tres-joli. 

Her kitten is very pretty. 

Julie est ma petite cousine. 

Julia is my little cousin. 

J'ai un bon petit cheval. 

I have a good little horse. 

Mon petit cheval va tres-bien. 

My little horse goes very well. 



THE FRIENDS. 27 

18. Vocabulary. 

un garqon, a boy ; tu as, thou liast {you have) ; 

une fiUe, a girl ; qu'as-tu ? what hast thou ? 

un ami, a friend [hoy) ; tu vas, thou goest {you go) ; 

une amie, a friend (girl) ; Ou vas-tu ? where dost thou go 1 

que (qu') ? what ? tu vols, thou seest {you see). 



19, LeS Amis. (The Friends.) 

Je vols un garpoii et une fille. 

I see a boy and a girl. 

C'est un tres-bon garpon. 

It is a very good bo}\ 

II est mon ami. 

He is my Mend. 

Sa soeur est une bonne fille. . 

His sister is a good girl. 

EUe est Tamie de ma soeur. 

She is the friend of my sister, 

Qu'as-tu ? or Qu'est-ce que tu as ? 

What have you ? 

J'ai raon petit bateau. 

I have my little boat. 

Ou vas-tu ? 

Where are you going ? 

Je vais a Feau avec Turco. 

I am going to the water with Turco. 



20. ce^ retf cette^ this, that. 

ce garQOn, this boy, that boy ; cet homme, this man, that man ; 
cat enfant, this child, that child; cette femme, this woman, that woman. 



28 



THE WALK, 



21. Vocabulary. 

un monsieur, a gentieman ; tu es, thou art {you are) ; es-tu ? art thou ? 

une dame, a lady ; je connais, I know ; 

sa femme, his wife ; connais-tu ? knowest thou ? (do you kitoiof) 

son fils, his son ; cette demoiselle, that young lady ; 

sa fille, his daughter ; oui, yes. 




22. La JProfnenade. (The Walk.) 
Je vais a la promenade avec mon oncle. 

I am going for a walk with my uncle. 

Connais-tu ce monsieur ? 

Do yon know that gentleman ? 

Oui, mon oncle ; c'est monsieur Lambert. 

Yes uncle; it is Mister Lambert. 

Cette dame est sa femme. 

That lady is his wife. 

Cette demoiselle est sa fille. 

That young lady is his daughter. 

Cet enfant est son fils Henri. 

That child is his son Henry. 

Henri, es-tu mon ami ? 

Eenry, are you my friend? 



THE UNCLE AND THE LITTLE ONE. 29 

2^. Vocabulary. 

non^ no; ne-pas^ not. 

je n'ai pas, I liave not ; fatigue, fatiguee, tired ; 

tu n'as pas, thou liast not ; malade, sick ; 

il n'a pas, lie lias not ; le (1'), liim, it ; 

n'a-t-il pas ? lias lie not ? la (1'), her, it ; 

je ne suis pas, I am not ; je le vols, I see him ; 

tu n'es pas, thou art not ; je ne la connais pas, I do not know her. 



24, JL^Oncle et la JPetite. (The VncU and the Little One.) 

Tu nVs pas fatiguee, Marie ? 

You are not tired, Mary? 

Non, mon oncle ; je ne suis pas fatiguee. 

No, uncle; I am not tired. 

Oa est ton amie Anne ? Je ne ]a vois pas. 

Where is your friend Anne? I her see not. 

Elle n'est pas ici ; elle est malade. 

She is not here ; she is sick. 

Connais-tu cethomme? 

Do you Icnow that man ? 

Oui, je le connais bien. 

Yes, I him know well. 

Ou est ton cabas, ma petite? 

Where is your bag, my little one? 

Je Tai ; le voici. 

I it have ; it here is (here it is). 



25. noiiSf we; vous^ you; iJs, elles^ they, 

nous avons, we have; nous sommes, we are; 

vous avez, you have ; vous ^tes, you are ; 

ils ont, ) .J ^ ils sont, ) 

elles ont, 



? 1 -. ils sont, ) ^, 

^J they have. elles sont, r^^*'^ ^'•"- 



30 



THE NUBSERT. 



26, Vocabulary, 

les, tlie; tliem; des, of tlie; aux, to tlie; le livre, the book ; 

les enfants, the children ; 

je les vols, I see them ; 

des enfants, of the children ; 

aux enfants, to the children ; 



le cahier, the copy-book ; 
la plume, the pen ; 
lu, read ; 
fecrit, written. 




27* La Chamhre des Enfants. {The Nursei-y,) 

Ou etes-vous ? 

Where are you ? 

Nous sommes dans la chambre des enfants. 

We are in the nursery. 

Oil sont les livres ? les avez-vous ? 

Where are the books ? them have you ? {have you them f) 

lis sont ici ; je les ai. 

They are here; I t\LQm hay q {I have them). 

Les plumes sont sur la table, avec les cahiers. 

The pens are on the table, with the copy-books. 

Nous avons ecrit. 

We have written. 

lis ont tres-bien lu. 

They have very well reud {read x^ery ivell). 



STUDYING. 31 

28, Vocabulary, 

mes, my ; tes, thy ; ces, these, those ; su, known; 

ses, his, her, its ; le crayon, the pencil ; vu, seen ; 

notre, nos, our ; la legon, the lesson ; perdu, lost ; 

votre, vosj your ; je sais, I know ; trouve, found ; 

leur, leurs, their ; sais-tu? knowest thou ? {do you apporte, brought. 

know f) 



29. A PEtude, {Studying.) 

Les enfants sout a Tetude. 

The children are studying. 

J^ai perdu mes crayons. 

I have lost my pencils. 

Ton frere a trouve tes crayons. 

Your brother has found your pencils. 

Elise n'a pas apporte ses livres. 

Eliza has not brought her books. 

Mes amis, j'ai vu votre oncle et vos cousins. 

My friends, I have seen your uncle and your cousins. 

Anne a vu notre oncle et nos cousins. 

Ann has seen our uncle and our cousins. 

Sais-tu la le^on ? 

Do you know the lesson ? 

Je ne la sais pas bien. 

I it know not well. 

Ces enfants n'ont pas su leurs lepons. 

These children have not known their lessons. 



30. qiiel^ quelle ; quels^ qiielles^ what, which. 

quel jour ? what day ? quelle heure ? what hour ? 

quel jour est-ce ? what day is it ? quelle heure est-il ? what hour is it 1 



32 



TO SCHOOL. 



un jour, a day ; 
aigourd'hui, to-day ; 
lundi, Monday ; 

1, 2, 3, 



31. Vocabulary. 

I'ecoie {for la ecole), tlie school ; 
une heure, an hour ; one o'clock ; 
neuf heures, nine hours ; nine o'clock. 



4, 



5, 6, 



8, 9, 



10. 



un, une, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix. 




32, A VKcole. {To School.) 

Quel jour est-ce aujourd'hui? 

What day is it to-day. 

C'est aujourd'hui lundi. 

It is to-day Monday. 

II est neuf heures. 

It is nine o'clock. 

Je vais a Tecole. 

I ara going to school. 

Quels livres as-tula? 

What books have you there ? 

Ce sont mes livres. 

They are my books. 

Quelles lepons avons-nous ? 

What lessons have we ? 



THE DA YS OF THE WEEK. 33 

33. Vocabulary. 

dimanche, Sunday ; combien (de), liow mucli, how many ; 

lundi, Monday ; une le9on de musique, a music lesson; 

mardi, Tuesday ; I'eglise (for la egUse), the church ; 

mercredi, Wednesday ; je prends, I take ; 

jeudi, Thursday ; je vais voir, I go to see ; 

vendredi, Friday ; je regois, I receive ; 

samedi, Saturday ; je sors, I go out. 



34:. Les Jours de la Semaine. {The Bays of the Week.) 

Combien de jours a une semaine? 

How many days has a week ? 

Une semaine a sept jours. 

A week has seven days. 

Le dimanche je vais a Teglise. 

(On) Sunday I go to church. 

Le lundi je vais a Tecole. 

Monday I go to school. 

Le mardi je prends une le^on de musique. 

Tuesday I take a music lesson. 

Le mercredi je vais voir ma tante. 

Wednesday I go to see my aunt. 

Le jeudi je recois mes amis. 

Thursday I receive my friends. 

Le vendredi je sors avec maman. 

Friday I go out with mamma. 

Le samedi je vais a la promenade avec papa. 

Saturday I go for a walk with papa. 



35^ Je te vois^ I see you. 

Aie (m'), me, to me ; nous, us, to us ; 

te (f), thee, to thee (you) ; vous, you, to you. 

3* 



34 



IJSr THE PABLOB. 



36. Vocabulary. 

bonjour, good day; good morn- ete, been; achete, bought; 

ing; dit, said; told; 

ce matin, this morning; quelque chose, something, any- 

une rue, a street; thing; 

un pont, a bridge; cela, that; le, it, so; 

un magasin, a store; n'est-ce pas ? is it not? 




37. All Salon, {in the Parlor.) 

Bonjour, monsieur Lambert. Je vous ai vu ce matin. 

Good day, Mister Lambert. I you have seen this morning. 

Bonjour, Marie. Ou m'as-tu vu ? 

Good day, Mary. Where me have you seen ? 

Je vous ai vu dans la rue duPont. 

I you have seen in Bridge street. 

J^ai ete dans les magasins avec mon oncle. 

I have been in the stores with my uncle. 

Je le sais. II t'a achete quelque chose ; n'est-ce pas ? 

I it know. He you has bought something ; is it not ? 

Qui vous a dit cela ? 

Who to you has told that ? 

Tu Fas dit aux enfants, et ils me Font dit. 

You it have told to the children, and they ni^ it have told. 



THE PBESENT. 35 

38. Vocabulary. 

un cadeau, a present; parler, to speak; 

une bague, a finger-ring; fran9ais, French; 

un porte-crayon, a pencil-case; il faut, it is necessary, must; 

lui, to him, to her; leur, to them; dire, to say; to tell; 

fait, made, done; rien (ne), nothhig, not any thing, 

je crois que (qu'), I believe that; pour, for; aussi, also, too. 



39. Le Cadeau, {TJie Present.) 

Charles, mon oncle m'a fait un cadeau. 

Charles, uncle to me has made a present. 

II t'a acliete une bague. Elise me Pa dit. 

He to you has bought a ring. Eliza to me it has told. 

II ne faut rien dire a Henriette. 

You must not say anything to Henrietta. 

II ne lui a rien achete. 

He for her has nothing bought. 

Pour qui a-t-il achete le joli porte-crayon? 

For whom has he bought the pretty pencil-cas^e ? 

Je crois qu^il Fa achete pour ton frere. 

I believe that he it has bought for your brother. 

Le voila, et ta soeur Anne aussi. Je vais leur parler, 

There he is, and your sister Ann too. T am going to them to speak. 

II faut parler franpais. 

You must speak French. 



4:0. du^ de la^ de l\ des^ some or any, 

du pain, some bread; de I'eau, some water; 

de la viande, some meat; des oranges, some oranges. 



36 



AT BREAKFAST. 



41. Vocabulary. 

j'ai faim, (Ihave hunger) I am hungry ; oui,s'il vous plait, yes, if yon please; 
j'ai soif, {I have thirst) I am thirsty ; non, je vous remercie, no, I thank 
veux-tu? wilt thou? (will you you; [est; 

have) ; je bois, I drink ; tu bois, thou drink- 

du beurre, butter ; du lait, milk ; j'aime le laitj I like milk. 




4:2. A Dejeuner, {At Breakfast.) 

Bonjour, papa et maman ; j'ai faira. 

Good morning, papa and mamma ; I am hungry. 

Moi aussi, maman ; j'ai faim et soif. 

I too, mamma; I am hungry and thirsty. 

Voila du pain et du beurre, mes enfants. 

There is — bread and — butter, my children. 

Yeux-tu de la viande, Charles? 

Will you have some meat, Charles ? 

Non, maman ; je vous remercie. 

No, mamma, I you thank. {I thank you.) 

Bois-tu du lait, Marie ? 

Do you drink — milk, Mary ? 

Non, maman ; de Teau, s'il vous plait. 

No, mamma ; — — water, if you please. 

Je n'aime pas le lait. 

I — like not -^ milk. {I do not like milk,) 



AFTER THE MEAL. 37 

43. Vocabulary. 

le dejeuner, tlie break fas u ; un oeuf, an egg ; 

dejeune, breakfasted ; des oeufs, some eggs ; 

mange, eaten ; bu, drunk ; 

du fruit, some fruit ; eu, had. 



4:4. Apr^s le Mepas. {After the Meal.) 

J'ai bien dejeune. 

I have well breakfasted. 

Qu'as-tu nmnge ? 

What have you eaten ? 

J'ai mange du pain et de la viande. 

I have eaten — bread and — — meat. 

J'ai ba de Teau. 

I have drunk — — water. 

Nous avons eu des oeufs. 

We have had some eggs. 

Le petit Henri a mange un oeuf. 

— Little Henry has eaten an egg. 

Avez-vous eu du fruit ? 

Have you had any fruit? 

Nous avons eu des oranges. 

We have had — oranges. 

J'aime les oranges. 

I like — oranges. 



43. de bon^ some good ; pas cle^ not any, 

du gateau, some cake ; un couteau, a knife ; 

de bon gateau, some good cake ; pas de couteau, no knife ; 

pas de gateau, not any cake ; des couteaux, knives ; 

pas de gateaux, no cakes ; de bons couteaux, good knives. 



38 



AT A PICNIC. 



46* Vocabulary* 

tme pomme, an apple ; un verre, a glass ; une tasse, a cup ; 

une poire, a pear ; une corbeille, a basket ; 

de la gelee, some jelly ; nous voulons, we will ; we wish ; 

une fourchette, a fork : gouter, to lunch. 




47, En JPique-Nique, ' (At a Picnic.) 

Nous voulons gouter ici sous les arbres. 



We 



will 



lunch 



here under the 



trees. 



J^ai apporte de bon gateau et de bonne gelee. 

I have brought some good cake and — — jelly. 

Charles a apporte des pommes et des poires. 

Charles has brought — apples and — pears. 

Je n'ai pas de couteau. Ou sont les fourchettes ? 

I —have no — knife. Where are the forks? 

Nous n'avons pas apporte de fourchettes. 

We — have not brought any forks. 

Qui a les verres et les tasses? 

Who has the glasses and — cups ? 

Marie les a dans sa corbeille. 

Mary them has in her basket. 



A T THE BANQ UET. 3 9 



4:8. Vocabitlary^ 

du Sucre, sugar; chercher, to seek, to look for; 

un morceau, a piece; je vais chercher, I am going for; 

un citron, a lemon; j'ai ete chercher, I have been for; 

une cuillere, a spoon; mais, but; 

un ruisseau, a brook; pardon, I beg your pardon. 



d9. Au Banquet. (At the Banquet.) 

Veux-tu un morceau de gateau avec de la gelee ? 

Will you have a piece of cake with — — jelly ? 

Oui ; mais je n'ai pas de verre. 

Yes ; but I — have no — glass. 

Voila des tasses sur le banc. 

There are — cups on the bench. 

J'ai bu une tasse de bon lait. 

I have drunk a cup of good milk. 

Yas-tu chercher de Feau ? 

Areyougomg for — —water? 

J'ai ete chercher de Teau au ruisseau. 

I have been for — — water at the brook. 

Avons-nous du sucre et des citrons ? 

Have we — sugar and — lemons ? 

Oui ; mais nous n'avons pas de cuilleres. 

Yes ; but we — have no — spoons. 

Pardon ; nous avons de petites cuilleres. 

I beg your pardon ; we have some small spoons. 



50. moi, /, 77ie ; a moi^ to me. 

moi, I, me; nous, we, us; 

toi, thou, thee; vous, you; 

lui, he, him; eux, ) . . 

elle,she,her; eUes, } ^^y- *^^"»V 



40 



thh: daxge ojs^ the swarb. 



51. Vocabulary, 

nous allons, we are going; la balle, tlie ball {plaything) \ 

danser, to dance; jouer, to play; 

dans^j danced; jouer a la balle, to play at ball; 

Therbe {for la herbe), tbe grass; souvent, often; viens, come. 




52. La Danse Slir la JPeloilse, (The Dance on (he Sward.) 

Nous allons danser sur I'herbe. 

We are going to dance on the grass. 

Viens, Caroline ; veux-tn danser avec moi ? 

Come, Caroline; will you dance with me? 

Voila raon cousin. Je vais danser avec lui. 

There is my cousin. I am going to dance with him. 

Elle ne veut pas danser avec toi. 

She — will not dance with you. 

J'ai souvent danse avec elle. 

I have often danced with her. 

Nous voulons jouer a la balle. 

We will play at — ball. 

Viens ; veux-tu jouer avec nous? 

Come; will you play with us? 

Je vais jouer avec eux. 

I am going to play with them. 



THE RETURN. 41 

5H, Vocahitlary. 

chez, to, or at, the liouse of; y, there; 

chez moi, to, or at, my house; ily est, he is there; 

chez toi, to, or at, thy house; nous y allons, we are going there; 

chez lui, to, or at, his house; vous allez, you are going; 

chez elle, to, or at, her house; ils vent, they go; tbey are going; 

chez mon oncle, at my uncle's; retourner, to return; to go back. 



54, Le Metour. {The Betum.) 

Nous allons retourner chez nous. 

We are going to return home. 

Je vais chez moi. 

I am going to my house. 

Tu vas chez toi ; n-est-ce pas? 

You are going to yourhouse;— are you not? 

Henri va chez lui, et Jules y va avec lui. 

Henry is going to his house, and Julius there goes with him. 

Julie va chez sa tante ; sa mere y est. 

Julia is going to her aunt's ; her mother there is. 

Yous allez chez vous ; c'est bien. 

You are going to your home ; that is well. 

Nous V allons avec vous. 

We there are going with you. 

Nos amis y vont aussi. 

Our friends there go too. 



B5^ en^ some or any {of it, of them). 

j'en ai, I have some; il y a, there is; there are; 

vous en avez, you have some; y a-t-U ? is there ? are there ? 

en a-t-il ? has he any ? il n'y a pas, there is not; 

il n'en a pas, he has not (any); n'y a-t-il pas? is there not? 



42 



AT WORK 



56. Vocabulary. 

du fil, thread; du coton, cotton; blanc, blanche, white; 

du fil de coton, cotton thread; du fil blanc, white thread; 

de la sole, silk; de la sole blanche, white silk; 

du fil de sole, silk thread ; je fais, I do, I make; 

noir, noire, black; tu fais, thou doest ; thou makest 




57. A rOuvrage, (At Work.) 
Qu^est-ce que tu fais ? 

What is it that you are making ? 

Je fais quelque chose de joli. 

I am making something — pretty. 

II me faut du fil noir ; en as-tu? 

I want some thread black ; any have you ? 

J^en ai. II y en a dans mon cabas. 

1 some have. there some is in my bag. 

II y en a du noir et du blanc. 

There some is — black and — white. 

Y a-t-il du fil de soie ? 

Is there — thread of silk ? 

II y en a de sole et de coton. 

There some is of silk and of cotton. 



THE CANAR Y BIRDS. 43 

58. Vocabulary. 

un serin, a canary bird; en haut, up-stairs; 

un oiseau, a bird; en bas, dowu-stairs; 

une cage, a cage; quelqu'un, somebody, anybody; 

sorti, sortie, gone out; personne (ne), nobody, not anybody. 



59. Les Serins, {The Cananj Birds.) 

Y a-t-il un serin dans cette cage ? 

Is there a canary bird in that cage ? 

II 7 en a deux. 

There — are two. 

Ma tante aime les oiseaux ; elle en a cinq. 

My aunt likes ~ birds ; she — has five. 

Elle est en liaut, dans sa chambre. 

She is up-stairs, in her room. 

Ma mere y est aussi. 

My mother there is too. 

Tes soeurs y sont-elles ? 

Your sisters there are they? 

Non ; elles n'y sont pas. 

No ; they — there are not. 

Julie est en bas, et Marie est sortie. 

Julia is down-stairs, and Mary is out. 

Y a-t-il quelqu^un au salon ? 

Is there anybody in the parlor? 

Non ; il n'y a personne. 

No ; there is nobody. 



60. plus grand f taller ; aussi grand^ as tall. 

plus grand, larger, taUer; aussi grand, as large, as taU; 

plus petit, sniaUer; pas aussi grand, not so large; 

que, tlian, as. 



44 



UNDER THE TREES. 



OJ. Vocabulary. 

Page, tlie age; jeune, young; 

quel age as-tu ? how old art thou ? fort, forte, strong; 

j'ai dix ans, I am ten years old; plus fort que lui, stronger than he; 

age, agee, old, aged; aussi fort que lui, as strong as he. 




62. Sons les Arhl^es. {Under the Trees.) 

Charles, es-tu plus age que ton cousin? 

Charles, are you older than your cousin ? 

Non ; je suis plus jeune que lui. 

No ; I am younf^er than he. 

Mais il est aussi grand que moi. 

But he is as tall as I. 

Quel age as-tu ? 

How old are you ? 

J'ai neuf ans, et mon cousin en a dix. 

I am nine years, and my cousin — is ten. 

Es-tu aussi fort que lui ? 

Are you as strong as he? 

Oh oui ; il n'est pas aussi fort que moi. 

OU yes; he— is noi so strong as I. 



THE RACE. 45 



63. Vocabulary, 

je peux, I can ; tu peux, tliou canst ; j'etudie, I study, I an^ studying; 

courir to run; tu etudies, tliou studiest; 

vite, fast, quick; il etudie, he studies; 

beaucoupjinucl), many; avance, advanced; 

autant, as much, a^ many; pourquoi, why; 

pas autant, not so much; parce que, because. 



64. JLa Course. {The Race.) 

Peux-tu courir aussi vite que lui? 

Can YOU run as fast as he? 

Je peux courir plus vite que lui. 

I can run faster than he. 

Es-tu aussi avance clans tes etudes ? 

Are you as far advanced in your studies ? 

Non ; il est plus avance que moi. 

No ; he is farther advanced than I, 

Pourquoi est-il plus avance que toi ? 

Why is he farther advanced than you? 

Parce qu*il etudie plus que moi. 

Because he studies more than I. 

N'etudies-tu pas beaucoup ? 

Do you not study much? 

Si ; mais pas autant que Charles. 

Yes ; but not so much as Charles. 



65, mon^ my ; le inien^ mine. 

le mrdn, la mienne, ) . le notre, la notre, ) „„^o. 
- mine* a C ours, 

les miens, les miennes, \ ' les notres, ) 

le tien, la tienne, ) le votre, la votre, ) ^.^^^.g. 

les tiens, les tiennes, f ^^^^^^^' (^^^^^')5 les votres, ) * 

le sien, la sienne, ) , . le leur, la leur, ) ^i, _• „ 

f. bis hBT"^ its* - ' ^nGirs. 

les siens, les siennes, J ' "' ' 



46 



MINE AND THINE. 



66. Vocabulary. 

un mouchoir, a liandkercliief ; laisse, left; 
une ombrelle, a parasol; pris, taken; 

des gants, gloves; a qui est ? to whom belongs ? whose is ? 




67. Le Mien et le Tien. {Mine and Thine.) 

A qui est ce mouchoir? 

To whom belongs this handkerchief ? 

II est a moi. 

It belongs to ine. 

Pardon ; c'est le mien. Julie a pris le tienc 

I beg your pardon ; it is mine. Julia has taken yours. 

Yoila le sien, sur la chaise. 

There is — hers upon the chair. 

Tu as mon ombrelle ; Anne a la tienne. 

You have my parasol ; Ann has yours. 

Elle a laisse la sienne en haut. 

She has left hers up- stairs. 

A qui sont ces gants ? 

To whom belong these gloves ? 

Je crois que ce sont les miens* 

I believe that they are mine. 



THE NEW CLOTHES. 47 



68. Vocabulary. 

nn chapeau, a liat; a bonnet; beau, bel, ) beautiful, fine, 

un habit, a coat; belle, ) iiandisome; 

una robe, a dress: nouveau, nouvel, ) 

' ' „ r new: 

une cravate, a cravat; ^^ nouvelle, ) 

des Soulier s, shoes; vieux, vieil, ) -, , 

des bottines, ladies' boots; vieille, ) 



69. Les NoilveaildO Habits. {TheNeio Clothes.) 

Ton nouveau chapeau est beau. 

Your new bonnet is beautiful. 

Tl est plus beau que le mien. 

It is more beautiful than mine. 

Ce nouvel habit est beau ; c'est un tres-bel habit 

This new coat is fine ; it is a very fine coat. 

Sa nouvelle robe est aussi belle que la tienne. 

Her new dress is as beautiful as yours. 

Voila de belles cravates de soie. 

There are some fine cravats of silk. 

A qui sont ces vieux souliers? 

To whom belong these old shoes ? 

Yos vieilles bottines sont en bas avec les notres. 

Your old boots are down-stairs with ours. 

lis ont une belle raaison. 

They have a handsome house. 

La v6tre est aussi belle que la leur. 

Yours is as handsome as theirs. 



70. celuif the one; leqiiel^ wliicli one. 

celui, celle, that, tlie one; lequel, laquelle, wliicli one; 

ceux, celles, those; lesquels, lesqueJles, which ones. 



48 



THE CHOICE. 



7-/» Vocabulary. 

des has, stockings; le plus, the most; 

de la laine, wool; il plait, it pleases; 

meilleur, meilleure, better, best; tu trouves, tliou findest; 
mieux, le mieux, better, the best; neuf, neuve, new. 




72, Le Choioc, {The Choice.) 

Mon chapeau est neuf ; celui de Julie est vieux. 

My bonnet is new; that of Julia is old. 

Lequel est le meilleur ? 

Which one is the best ? 

Ma robe est de soie ; celle de Marie est de laine. 

My dress is of silk ; that of Mary is of wool. 

Laquelle te plait le mieux ? 

Which one to you pleases — best ? 

Yoici des bas de coton, et voila des bas de laine. 

Here are — stockings of cotton, and there are — stockings of wool. 

Lesquels veux-tu, ceux de coton, ou ceux de laine ? 

Which ones will you have, those of cotton, or those of wool ? 

Yoici mes bagues, et voila celles de Marie. 

Here are my rings, and there are those of Mary. 

Lesquelles trouves-tu les plus jolies ? 

Which ones do yon find the prettiest? 



TUESE AND TUOSE. 49 

73. Vocabulary. 

cet homme-ci, tins man ; cette femme-cij tliis woman ; 

cet homme-la, that man ; cette femme-la, that woman ; 

celui-cij this one, celui la, that one; celle-ci, this one; celle-la, that one • 
ces enfants-ci, these children ; ces femmes-ci, these women ; 

ces enfants-la, those children ; ces femmes-laj those women ; 
ceux-ci, these ; ceux-la, those ; celles-ci, these ; celles-la, those ; 



74. Ceux-ci et ceux-la. {These and Those,) 

Cet habit-ci est a moi ; celui-la est a Jules. 

This coat belongs to me ; that one belongs to Julius. 

J'aime mieux celui-ci que celui-la. 

I like better this one than that one. 

Cette robe-ci est de soie ; celle-la est de laine. 

This dress — is of silk ; that one is of wool. 

Celle-ci me plait mieux que celle-la. 

This one to me pleases better than that one. 

Ces bas-ci sont de cotou ; ceux-la sout de laine. 

These stockings are of cotton ; those — are of wool. 

Ceux-ci sont meilleurs que ceux-la. 

These — are better than those. — 

Ces tasses-ci sont plus jolies que celles-la. 

These cups — are prettier than those. — 

J'aime mieux celles-ci que celles-la. 

Hike better these — than those. — 



75. une fois^ once ; deux fois^ twice. 

autre, other ; quelque, some ; quelques, a few ; 

chaque, each ; every ; tout, toute, ) 

^ys_ , . . >■ all, every, whole: 

meme, same ; tous, toutes, \ ' -^ ' ' 

plusieurs, several ; tout le monde, everybody; 
3 



50 



THE SALUTATlOm 



76^ Vocabulary. 

qui, who, which, thac ; chaque fois, or toutes les fois, every 

que, whom, which, that ; time ; 

dont, of whom, of which, whose; il salue, he bows to ; salue, bowed; 

a qui, to whom ; mort, died; dead ; 

tons les jours, every day ; il est mort, he died; he is dead. 




77, Le Salat. (The Salutation.) 

Connais-tu la dame qui nous a saluees? 

Do you know the lady who us has bowed to ? 

C^est la meme dame que tu as Yue cliez nous. 

It is the same lady whom you have seen at our house. 

C^est elle dont Tenfant est mort ily aquelquesjours. 

It is she of whom the child has died ago a few days. 

Voila un monsieur qui salue tout le monde. 

There is a gentleman who bows to everybody. 

C'est un monsieur que je vois tons les jours. 

That is a gentleman whom I see every day. 

C^est celui dont inon pere a parle a table. 

It is he of whom my father has spoken at table. 

II a plusieurs filles que je connais toutes. 

He has several daughters whom I know all. 

Je les vois chaque fois que je vais voir ma tante. 

I them see every time that I go to see my aunt. 



AN A CQ UAINTANCE. 51 

78. Vocahiilary. 

alle, allee, gone; seul, seule, alone ; 

arrive, arrivee, arrived ; ensemble, together ; 

parti, partie, left ; quand, wlien ; 

reste, restee, remained ; hier, yesterday ; 

venu, venue, come ; la matinee, the morning , 

je viens, I come ; la campagne, the country ; 

11 vient, he comes ; la connaissance, the acquaintance; 

de, from ; of ; mes parents, my parents. 



79. JJne Connaissance, (An Acquaintance.) 
Yoila ua monsieur qui vient souvent nous voir. 

There is a gentleman who comes often us to see. 

C^est une connaissance de mon oncle. 

It is an acquaintance of my uncle. 

Je Tai vu chez mon oncle quand j'y suis alle. 

I him have seen at my uncle's when I there have* gone. 

lis sont venus ensemble de Paris. 

They have* come together from Paris. 

lis sont arrives ici, il y a quelques semaines. 

They have* arrived here, ago a few weeks. 

Mes parents sont partis pour la campao^ne. 

My parents have* left for the country. 

Mes soeurs sont sorties ; Charles estseulalamaison 

My sisters have* gone out ; Charles is alone at — home. 

Je suis reste cliezmoi toute la matinee. 

I have* remained at home all the morning. 



80. queiqu^un^ somebody ; personne^ nobody, 

aucun (ne), no one ; on, some one, people, they ; 

chacun, every one ; tout, everything. 

* Notice that the French say in these phrases, / am, ive are, they are, etc., and 
the English, J have, we have, they have, etc. 



52 



TEE VISIT. 



une personne, a person ; 

une adresse, an address ; 

un eleve, une eleve, a scliolar ; 

une classe, a class ; 

une question, a question ; 



81. Vocabulary* 

r^pondre a, to answer ; 
manque, missed ; donner, to give ; 
demander, to ask for ; 
demeurer, to reside ; to live ; 
Sonne, rung ; ouvert, opened. 




82. La Visite. {The Visit.) 

On a Sonne, et personne n'a ouvert la porte. 

Some one has rung (the bell has rung), and nobody has opened the door. 

Pardon ; la fille y est allee. 

I beg your pardon ; the girl there has gone. 

On demande quelqu^un qui ne demeure pas ici. 

They ask for somebody who — lives not here. 

Je connais la personne dont on demande Tadresse. 

I know the person of whom they ask the address. 

Aucun eleve n'a su repondre a cette question. 

No scholar — has known how to answer — this question. 

On Ta faite a chacun ; toute la classe Fa manquee. 

They it have made to everyone; all the class it has missed. 

Je sais tout ; on m'a tout dit. 



I know 



all; 



they to me have everything told. 



ON HORSEBACK AND IN A CARBIAGK 53 

83. Vocabulary. 

un voisin, a neiglibor ; jusque, jusqu'a, till, until ; 

une voiture, a carriage ; demain, to morrow ; rester, to stay ; 

un mois, a montli ; cette apres-midi, this afternoon ; 

depuis, since ; ils parlent, tliey speak ; 

pendant, during, for ; ils sortent, they go out ; 

longtemps, a long time ; ils viennent, they come. 



84. A Cheval et en Voiture. {On Horseback and in a Carriage. 

Nos voisins ont ete a Paris. 

Our neighbors have been in Paris. 

lis y out demeiire pendant lonpfteraps. 

They there have resided for a long time. 

Lenrs enfants parlent franQais aussi bienque vous. 

Their children speak French as well as you. 

lis demeiirent ici depuis qnelques mois. 

They live {have lived) here since a few months. 

lis sortent tons les jours en voiture. 

They go out every day in a carriage {drive out). 

Nous demeurons ici depuis longtemps. 

We live {have lived) here •— a long time. 

Mes cousins viennent ici cette apres-midi. 

My cousins come here this afternoon. 

lis viennent a cheval, etvont rester jusqu 'a demain. 

They come on horseback, and are going to stay until — to-morrow. 



85* se lever {to raise one's self), to rise. 

je me leve, {raise myself) I rise ; nous nous levons, we rise ; 

tu te leves, thou risest ; vous vous levez, you rise ; 

il se leve, he rises ; ils se levent, | 

elle »e leve, she rises ; elles se levent, ) ^^^ ^^^®' 



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SUNBISE. 



86. Vocabulary. 



je me couche, I go to bed ;. 
je me lave, I wasli myself ; 
je m'habille, I dress myself ; 
lave, risen ; habille, dressed ; 
il s'est leve, lie lias risen ; 
rentrer, to come in; 



de bonne heure, early ; tard, late ; 

bientotj soon ; deja, already ; 

encore, still ; pas encore, not yet ; 

il dort, lie sleeps ; 

maintenant, now ; 

le lit, tlie bed ; au lit, in bed. 




87* Le Lever du Soleil. {Sunrise.) 
Je me leve au lever du soleil. 

I rise at sunrise. 

Henri se couche de bonne heure, et se leve tard. 

Henry goes to bed early and rises late. 

II est encore au lit ; il dort jusqu'a huit heures. 

He is still in bed; he sleeps till — eight o'clock. 

Jules est leve, mais il n'est pas encore habille. 

Julius is up, but he — is not yet dressed. 

Charles s^est lave ; il s'habille maintenant. 

Charles has washed himself; he is dressing now. 

Mon pere est leve et sorti depuis longtemps. 

My father is up and (has) gone out since long {long since). 

II va bientot rentrer pour dejeuner. 

He Is going soon to come in to breakfast. 



THE DEPARTURE, 55 

88^ Vocabulary. 

j'avais, I had; il avait, lie had ; avant, devant, before ; 

j'etaisj I was; il etait, he was ; apres, after ; 

j'ai froid, (i liaise cold) I am cold ; mal a la tete, a headache ; 

il fait froid, it {makes) is cold ; mal a la gorge, sore throat ; 

il faisait froid, it was cold ; mal aux dents, toothache ; ' 

je dois, I must, I am to ; descendre, come down ; 

je devais, I was to ; tout de suite, immediately ; 

sortir, to go out ; partir, to leave ; trop, too ; too much. 



89. Le Depart, {The Departure:) 

Je dois rester ici ; il fait trop froid pour sortir. 

I must remain here ; it is too cold to go out. 

Je me suis leve ce matin avant six heures. 

I — have risen this morning before six o'clock. 

Je me snis lave et je suis descendu tout de suite. 

I myself have washed and I have come down immediately. 

Ma soeur etait deja au salon. 

My sister was already in the parlor. 

Elle devait partir apres le dejeuner. 

She was to leave after — breakfast. 

La voiture etait devant la porte. 

The carriage was before the door. 

II faisait si froid, et elle avait mal a la gorge. 

It was so cold, and she had a sore throat. 

Moi, j avals mal aux dents. 

— I had toothache. 

Ma mere avait mal a la tete. 

My mother had a headache. 



90. avoir ^ to 7iave ; etre^ to he. 
nous avions, we had ; nous etions, we were ; 

vous aviez, tou had ; vous etiez, von were ; 

ils avaient, the^^ had, ils etaient, the^ were. 



56 OiV THE ICE, 

91, Vocabulary. 

le plaisir, the pleasure ; passe, passed ; bon train, at a good 

la glace, the ice; un patin, ayskate ; j'ai chaud, I {have) am warm ; [rate ; 
un traineau, a sleigh ; nous courions, we were running ; 

je patine, I skate, I am skating ; nous nous sommes amuses, we 
je patinais, I was skating ; amused o. s. 




92. Siir la Glace. {On the ice.) 

Hier, nous avions du plaisir; nous etioris sur la glace. 

yesterday, we had — pleasure ; we were on the ice. 

Nos amis y etaient avec nous. 

Our friends there were with us. 

lis avaient leurs patins ; ils patinaient. 

They had their skates ; they were skating. 

Yous nous avez passes ; vous etiez en traineau. 

You us have passed ; you were in a sleigh. 

Yous alliez bien ; vous aviez de bons clievaux. 

You were going well ; you had — good horses. 

Nous allions bon train ; mais nous avions froid. 

We went along at a good rate; but we were cold. 

Nous avions chaud ; nous courions toujoiirs. 

We were warm; we were running continually. . 

Nous nous sommes bien amuses. 

We ourselves have well amused. 



THE WEATHER, 57 

93. Vocabulary. 

a fait mauvais temps, it is bad le trottoir, the sidewalk ; 

weather ; convert de, covered with ; 

il pleut, it rains; 11 gele, it freezes; la nuit, the night ; passee, past ; 

il neige, it snows; neige, snowed; le bruit, the noise ; 

la neige, the snow ; la cheminee, the chimney ; 

la pluie, the rain; levant, the wind: ce qui, ce que, {that which) what. 



94:. Le Temps, (The Weather.) 

II fait mauvais temps ; il pleut. 

It is bad weather; it rains. 

Hier ilfaisait froid ; il gelait. 

Yesterday it was cold; it froze. 

La nuit passee il a neige. 

The night past (last night) it has snowed. 

Ce matin les trottoirs etaient converts de neige. 

This morning the sidewalks were covered with snow. 

J'aime mieux la neige que la pluie. 

I like better — snow than — rain. 

Savez-vous ce qui fait ce bruit ? 

Do you know what makea that noise ? 

Oui ; c'est le vent dans la cheminee. 

Yes ; it is the wind in the chimney. 

II ne faut pas dire a Charles ce que je vous ai dit. 

You must not tell — Charles what I to you have told. 



95. shall 07' will. 



j'aurai, I shaU have ; je porterai, I shall 07' will carry ; 

tu auras, thou wilt (you will) have; je ferai, I shall make or do ; 

il aura, he will have ; je verrai, I shall see ; 

je serai, I shall be ; j'i^ai, I shall go ; 

tu seras, thou wilt (you will) be ; je viendrai, I shall come ; 

il sera, he will be ; je recevrai, I shall receive, 

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58 



MAMMA'S BIRTHDAY. 



96. Vocabulary. 

la fMe, the festival; tlie birthday ; gros, grosse, large ; big ; 
le bouquet, the nosegay ; je presenterai, 1 shall present ; 

content, content e, pleased ; sourire, to smile ; 

heureux, heureuse, happy ; au nombre, among them. 




97. La F^te de Ma^inan. {Mamma's Birthday,) 

J'auraidu plaisir demain; ce sera la fete de maraan. 

I shall have — pleasure to-morrow; it will be — mamma's birthday. 

Je ferai un gros bouquet que je lui presenterai. 

I will make a large nosegay which I to her will present. 

Je le porterai a sa chambre quand elle sera levee. 

I it shall carry to her room when she has risen. 

Elle sera bien contente quand elle me verra. 

She will be well pleased when she me sees {will see), 

Et je serai heureuse quand je la verrai sourire. 

And I shall be happy when I her (shall) see smile. 

Je n'irai pas a Fecole ; je resterai a la maison. 

I — shall not go to — school ; I shall stay at — home. 

Je recevrai raes amis ; tu seras au nombre. 

I shall receive my friends ; you will be among them. 

Tu viendras me voir avec tes parents. 

Yon will como me to pee with your parents. 



THE EVENING PARTY. 59 

98. Vocabulary. 

nous aurons, we sliall have ; rejouir, to gladden ; 

vous aurez, you will have ; pare, paree (de), adorned (with) ; 

ils auront, they will have ; un byou, a jewel ; 

nous serons, we sliall or will be ; une fieur, a flower ; 

vous serez, you will be ; le comble, the height ; 

ils seront, they will be ; le bonheur, happiness ; 

feliciter, to congratulate ; le coeur, the heart. 



99. La Soiree, {The Evening Party.) 

Nous aurons du monde cliez nous le soir. 

We shall have — company at our house in the evening. 

Tous nos amis y seront, et nous danserons. 

All our friends there will be, and we shall dance. 

Nous nous amuserons toute la soiree. 

We ourselves shall amuse all the evening. 

Mes cousins y viendront avec leurs parents. 

My cousins there will come with their parents. 

Yous les verrez ; vous ferez leur connaissance. 

You them will see ; you will make their acquaintance. 

On felicitera maman ; on lui rejouira le coeur. 

They will congratulate mamma ; they to her will gladden the heart. 

Elle sera paree de bijoux et de fleurs. 

She will be adorned with jewels and — flowers. 

Et moi, je serai au comble du bonheur. 

And as for me, I shall be at the height of happiness. 



100. aie, have (thou) ; ayez^ have {you) ; ayons, let us have. 

sois, soyez, be ; fais, faites, do ; make j 

va, allez, go ; dis, dites, say ; tell ; 

viens, venez, come ; ^oyonSj let us be. 



60 THE G VERNES8. 

101. Vocabulary. 

ecoute, ecoutez, listen ; je vous prie, I beg you ; 

prends, prenez, take ; de vous dep^cher, to make haste ; 

obeissons (a), let us obey ; son devoir, liis task ; 

ayez soin, take care ; une chose, a thing ; 

prenez garde, take care ; mind ; tranquille, quiet ; still ; 

on touche, some one touches ; raisonnable, reasonable. 



102. La Gouvernante. {The Governess.) 

Henri, va chercher ton livre et viens dire ta lepoii. 

Henry, go for your book and come (and) say your lesson. 

Fais ton devoir avant d'aller jouer. 

Do your task before to go (you go) to play. 

Marie, allez trouver Charles, s'il vous plait. 

Mary, go to (find) Charles, if you please. 

Dites-lui qu'on le demande. 

Tell him that some one him asks. 

Ne lui dites pas que c est moi. 

— Him tell not that it is I. 

Faites-moi le plaisir de vous depecher. 

Do me the pleasure to make haste. 

Ne me faites pas attendre ; je vous en prie. 

— Me make not wait ; I you for it pray. 

Faites attention a ce que je dis. 

Make (pay) attention to what I say. 

Ecoutez-moi bien, et restez tranquilles. 

Listen to me well, and remain quiet (keej) still). 

Ayez soin de toutes mes choses, vonlez-vous ? 

Take care of all my things, will you? 

Prenez garde qu^on n'y touche. 

Take care (mind) that no one to them touches. 

Soyons raisonnables, et obeissons a notre 

Jiet us be reasonable, and let us obey -=■ our 

gouvernante, 

governess. 



PART SECOKD. 



CHARLES AND MABY—Conimued. 63 

103. Vocahiilaryn 

qui est-ce que ? whom ? le doigt, the finger ; 

qu'est-ce qui? what ? contre, against; le mur, the wall; 

qu*est-ce que ? what ? le tableau, the picture; 

qu'est-ce que c'est ? What is that ? le milieu, the middle. 



104. Charles et Marie. (Voir p. 20.) 

Ou sont Charles et Marie ? 

Where are Charles and Mary? 

lis sont la, a la table. 

They are there, at the table. 

Qu^est-ce qui est sur la table ? 

What is (lies) on the table ? 

O^est la clef de Charles. 

It is the key of Charles. 

Qu^est-ce que Charles a au doigt ? 

What has Charles at the finger? 

II a le de de Marie au doigt. 

He has the thimble of Mary at the finger. 

Qui est-ce que vous voyez sur le sofa ? 

Whom do you see on the sofa ? 

Je vois papa et maman sur le sofa. 

I see papa and mamma, on the sofa. 

Qu'est-ce que c'est la, contre le mur ? 

What — is there, against the wall? 

C'est un petit tableau. 

It is a small picture. 

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a au milieu de la chambre ? 

What is there in the middle of the room ? 

II y a une table au milieu de la chambre. 

There is a table in th^ middle of the room, 



FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD— Continued. 



105. Vocabulary. 

le mari, the husband ; ouvrir, to open; ouvert, open ; 

la femme, tlie wife ; pres de, near ; porter, to cany ; 

une fenetre, a window ; a c6t6 de, next to, by the side of. 



106, Le r^re, la Mire et V Enfant. (Voir p. 22.) 
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a pres du banc, sous cet arbre ? 

What is there near the bench, under that tree ? 

II y a un enfant, qui a une orange a la main. 

There is a child, who has an orange in the hand. 

Qui est cet liomme, qui va la-bas ? 

Who is that man, who is going yonder? 

C^est le pere de Tenfant ; il va au jardin. 

He is the father of the child ; he is going to the garden. 

Est-ce que la porte du jardin est ouverte ? 

Is it that the gate of the garden is open ? 

Non ; mais il a la clef; il va Touvrir. 

No ; bat he has the key ; he is going it to open. 

Et cette femme que voila ; qui est-elle ? 

And that woman — there ; who is she ? 

C^est la femme de Thomme, et la mere de Fenfant. 

She is the wife of the man, and the mother of the child. 

Ou va-t-elle avec son cabas ? 

Where is she going with her satchel ? 

Elle va porter son cabas dans la maison. 

She is going to carry her satchel into the house. 

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a a cote de la porte de la maison ? 

What is there next to the door of the house ? 

II y a une petite fenetre a c8te de la porte. 

There is a little window next to the door, 



HENRTS BOAT—Contmued. 65 



107* Vocabulary. 



comment, liow ; une corde, a rope; 

il tient, he holds, lie is holding ; le genou, the knee; (les genoiix.) 

elle regarde, she is looking at ; le pont, the bridge; 

attache, ee, attached; par ici, this way. 



108. Le Bateau cVHeiiri, (Voir p. 24.) 

Qu'est-ce que c'est que ces enfants-la ? 

— Who are — those children ? 

C^est mon frere etmasoeur. 

They are my brother and — sister. 

Comment s^appellent-ils ? 

How are they called ? (JVhat a?'e theirnames f) 

Mon frere s^appelle H. . . et ma scBur s'appelle J. . . 

My brother is called Henr}', and my sister is called Julia. 

Qu'est-ce qu^ Henri tient a la main ? 

What does Henry hold in his hand? 

C'est une corde, qui est attachee a son bateau. 

It is a rope, which is attached to his boat. 

Et Julie, que tient-elle sur ses genoux ? 

And Julia, what is she holding on her knees ? 

Elle tient une poupee sur ses genoux. 

She is holding a doll on her knees. 

Qu'est-ce qu^elle fait la avec sa poupee ? 

What is she doing there with her doll? 

Elle joue avec, et repjarde le bateau d^Henri. 

She is playing with it, and is looking at the boat of Henry. 

Qui est-ce que tu vois la-bas, sur le pont ? 

Whom do you see yonder, on the bridge ? 

C'est mon pere et ma mere, qui viennent par iei. 

— My father and — mother, who are coming this v,ay. 



66 TUB BOG TUECO— Continued. 

109. Vocabulary. 

il est a, [ •+ 1^ 1 + J® "f^o^t® ^ cheval, I go on horse- 

U appartient i, \ '^ belongs to; ^^^^ . de^^n^, upon it; 

je monte, I go up, I ascend ; je monte dessus, I ride upon it. 



110. Le Chien Tiirco. (Voir p. 26.) 

Yoila un bean chien, comment s'appelle-t-il ? 

There is a beautiful dog, what is his name? 

C'est le chien de mon oncle ; il s'appelle Turco. 

That is the dog of my uncle ; his name is Turco. 

A qui appartient cette belle vaclie ? 

To whom belongs that beautiful cow ? 

Cette vache-la appartient a ma tante. 

That cow — belongs to my aunt. 

Qu^est-ce que Julie tient dans ses bras? 

What is Julia holding in her arms ? 

C^est un petit chat que ma tante lui a donne. 

It is a kitten which my aunt to her has given. 

Yoila un joli petit cheval ; a qui appartient-il ? 

There is a pretty little horse ; to whom does it belong ? 

C^est mon cheval ; je monte dessus tons les jours. 

That is my horse ; I ride upon it every day. 

Connais-tu ce petit garpon et cette petite fille la-bas? 

Do you know that little boy and that little girl yonder ? 

Oui ; le garpon est mon ami ; il vient me voir. 

Yes ; the boy is my friend ; he comes me to see. 

La petite fille est sa soeur ; elle vient jouer avec Julie. 

The little girl is his sister ; she comes to play with Julia. 

Nous voulons aller a Peau avec mon petit bateau. 

We will go to the water with my little boat. 



THE WALK— Continued. 67 

111. Vocabularij* 

tournons, let us turn; une boite, a box ; 

le cote, the side; on vend, tliey sell; 

du cote de, towards; vendez-vous ? do you sell? 

s'arr^ter, to stop; cela vaut, that Is worth; 

entrer (dans), to enter, to go in; un dollar, a dollar. 



112. La Promenade. (Voir p. 28.) 

II fait beau temps ce matin, allons a la promenade. 

It is fine weather this morning ; let us go for a walk. 

Tournons du cote des boulevards. 

Let us turn towards the boulevards. 

Yoila un monsieur et une dame que tu connais. 

There is a gentleman and — lady whom you know. 

Ce sont nos voisins avec leurs enfants. 

The}^ are our neighbors with their children. 

II y a beaucoup de monde devant ce magasin. 

There are many people before that store. 

Nous voulons y entrer et voir ce qu^on y vend. 

We will (in) it enter and see what they there sell. 

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans ces jolies boites-la? 

What is in those pretty boxes ? 

II y a des mouclioirs de poclie dedans. 

There are — pocket-handkerchiefs in them. 

Yoila un bel eventail ; combien le vendez-vous? 

There is a handsome fan; how it do you sell? 

Get eventail vaut trois dollars avec la boite. 

This fan is worth three dollars with the box. 

S'il to plait, Marie, je te Tacheterai. 

If it to you pleases, Mary, I to you it will buy. 

Yous etes bien bon, mon oncle ; je vous remercie 

You are very kind, — uncle ; I you thank 

beaucoup. 

very much.. 



68 THE NUBSEBY— Continued, 

113. Vocabulary. 

une histoire, a liistory; a story; reussi, succeeded; 

un dessin, a drawing; tacher, to try, to endeavor i 

une page, a page; a I'avenir, in tlie future; 

I'encre {for la encre), the ink; d'abord, first; alors, tlien; 

epais, epaisse, thick; par cceur, by heart. 



114:. La Chafnbre des Enfants. (Voir p. 30.) 

Nous avons fiiii nos devoirs pour demain. 

We have fluished our tasks for to-morrow. 

Voulez-vous nous racoiiter une histoire ? 

Will you tons relate a story? 

II faut d'abord voir ce que vous avez fait. 

I must first see what you have done. 

Moi, j^ai fait un dessin ; le void. 

— I have made a drawing ; it here is (here it is). 

Un cheval ; c^est bien fait ; j'en suis contente. 

A horse ; that is well done ; I with it am pleased. 

Et vous, Marie, avez-vous ecrit votre page ? 

And you, Mary, have you written your page? 

J'ai fini, mais je n'ai pas bien reussi. 

I have finished, but I — have not well succeeded. 

L'encre n'est pas bonne ; elle est trop epaisse. 

The ink — is not good ; it is too thick. 

II ftiut tacher de mieux faire a Favenir. 

You must try to better do in the future. 

Anne, avez-vous etudie votre lepon ? 

Ann, have you studied your lesson? 

Oui, mademoiselle, je la sais par coeur. 

Yes, miss, I it know by heart. 

Alors je vais vous lire une belle histoire. 

Then I am going to you to read a pretty story. 



TO SCHOOL— Continued. 69 

115. Vocabulary. 

revenez-vous ? do you return ? le temps, tlie time; tlie weatlier; 

je reviens, I return; come back; midi, noon; demi, half; 

en, from there; une demi-heure, half an hour; 

occupe, occupied; prenez-vous? do you take? 



116. A VEcole. (Voir p. 32.) 

A quelle lieure allez-vous a I'ecole? 

At what time do you go to — school ? 

J^ vais a neuf beures du matin. 

I there go at nine o'clock in the moruing. 

A quelle lieure en revenez-vous ? 

At what time from there do you return ? 

J'en reviens a deux lieures de Tapres-midi. 

I from there return at two o'clock in the afternoon. 

Etes-vous occupe tout le temps que vous y etes? 

Are you occupied all the time — you there are? 

Nous avons une demi-heure de recreation a midi. 

We have half an hour recreation at noon. 

Combien d^eleves y a-t-il dans votre classe ? 

How many — scholars are there in your class ? 

Je crois qu'il y en a quinze. 

I believe that there are — fifteen. 

Quels jours prenez-vous votre legon de musique ? 

(On) what days do you take your music lesson ? 

Je la prends le lundi et le jeudi. 

1 it take — Mondays and — Thursdays. 

Qu'est-ce que vous faites le samedi ? 

What do you do — Saturdays ? 

Je sors avec mon pere, ou je vais voir mes amis. 

I go out with my father, or I go to see my friends. 



70 IN THE PAELOB— Continued. 

117* Vocabulary. 

jour de reception, reception day; indispose, indisposed ; 
charme de, glad to; une emplette, a purcliase ; 

comment se porte. . . ? liow is. . . ? rencontre, met; 
je me porte bien, I am well; la bonte, the kindness; 

la sante, liealth; aupres de, near; with. 



lis, Au Salon, (Voir p. 34.) 

Yoici jeudi, Marie, votre jour de reception. 

This is Thursday, Mary, your reception day. 

Monsieur Lambert, je suis cliarmee de vous voir. 

Mr. Lambert, I am glad to you see. 

Comment se porte monsieur Lambert ? 

How is Mr. Lambert? 

Ma sante est bonne, mademoiselle ; et la v6tre ? 

My health is good, Miss ; and (how is) yours ? 

Merci, monsieur, je me porte bien ; etmadameL. ? 

Thank you, sir, I am well; and Mrs. L. ? 

EUe est indisposee ; elle ne sera pas ici. 

She is indisposed ; she — will not be here. 

Est-ce que Louise est restee aupres de sa mere ? 

Has Loaiea remained with her mother? 

Pardonnez-moi ; elle va venir avec son frere. 

I beg your pardon ; she will come with her brother. 

Je vous ai rencontres hier, vous et votre oncle. 

I you have met yesterday, you and your uncle. 

Je vous ai vu, mais vous etiez deja passe. 

I you saw, but you had already passed. 

iSTous allions faire quelques emplettes. 

We were going to make a few purchases {to shop). 

Mon oncle a eu la bonte de m'acheter un eventaiL 

My uncle has had the kindness to me buy a fan. 



A T BREAKFAST— Continued, 71 

119. Vocabulary. 

on vient de sonner, tlie bell lias descendez, go down; 

just rung; je suivrai, I will follow; 

eh bien done! well then ! du cafe, coffee; du th6, tea; 

en retard, late, behind; du poiston, fish ; un peu, a little; 

ma faute, my fault. 



120. A Dejeuner. (Voir p. 36.) 

A-t-oii Sonne pour le dejeuner ? 

Have they rung for — breakfast? 

On vient de sonner, etjenesuis pas encore habillee. 

The bell has just ru^ng, and I — am not yet dressed. 

Eh bien done, depechez-vous ; j'ai bien faim. 

Well then, make haste ; I am very hungry. 

Ne m'attendez pas ; descendez ; je vous suivrai. 

— Do not wait for me; go down; I you will follow. 

Bonjour, maman ; nous sommes un pen en retard. 

Good-moming, mamma ; we are a little behind. 

C^est ma fante ; je me snis levee un peu troptard. 

It is my fault ; I have risen a little too late. 

Prenez-vous du cafe, ma niece ? 

Do you take — coffee, my niece ? 

Je vous remercie, ma tante, je prends du the. 

I you thank, my aunt, I take — tea. 

Youlez-vous de la viande ou du poisson ? 

Will you have — — meat or — fish ? 

Je mangerai un peu de poisson. 

I will eat a little — fish. 

Et vous, Pauline, que voulez-vous ? 

And you, Pauline, what will you have ? 

Je prendrai un oeuf, maman, et une tasse de lait. 

I will take an egg^ mamma, and a cup of milk. 



72 AT A PICNIC— Continued. 

121. Vocabulary. 

asseyons-nous, let us sit down; une serviette, a napkin; 

mettez, put ; defaites, undo; unpack; de la limonade, lemonade^ 

versezj pour out ; passez, hand; frais, fraiche, fresh, cool; 

servons-nous, let us make use; decoupez, carve ; 

une assiette, a plate; un poulet, a chicken. 



122. En rique-Nique. (Voir p. 38.) 

Oh qu'il fait bon ici sous les arbres ! 

Oh how good it is here under the trees I 

Asseyoiis-nous sur ce banc et goutons. 

Let us sit down on that bench and lunch. . 

Mettez votre corbeille pres de Tarbre, et d6faites-la. 

Put your basket near the tree, and unpack it. 

Voici des gateaux ettoutessortes de bonnes clioseSc 

Here are — cakes and all kinds of good things. 

Passez les serviettes, et 6tez les verres du panier. 

Hand the napkins, and take the glasses out of the basket. 

Mettez-les sur rherbe, ici devant nous. 

Put them on the grass, here before us. 

Yersez de la limonade, et donnez m^en un verre. 

Pour out some lemonade, and give me — a glass. i 

Aliens chercher de Teau au ruisseau. 

Let us go for — — water to the brook. 

L'eau du ruisseau est fraiclie et bonne. 

The water of the brook is cool and good. 

Decoupez le poulet, et passez les assiettes. 

Carve the chicken, and pass the plates. 

Nous avons oublie les fourchettes ; 11 n'y en a paSc 

We have forgotten the forks ; there are none. 

Qa ne fait rien ; servons-nous de nos doigts. 

That makes (is) nothing; let us make use of our fingers. 



THE DANCE ON THE SWARD— Continued. 73 

123* Vocah alary. 

ce seraitj it would be; vis a vis de, opposite; 

une contredanse, a quadrille; appeler, to call off; 

un violon, a violin; une figure, a figure; 

un cavalier, a gentleman; pense (a), tliougiit (of); 

I'ombre, the sliade; appris, learned; 

une place, a place; un exemple, an example. 



124:. La Danse sitr la Teloiise. (Voir p. 40.) 

Si nous dansions, ce serait charmant. 

If we were to dance, that would be charming. 

J^ai pense a cela ; j^ai apporte mon violon. 

I have thought of that ; 1 have brought my violin. 

Dansoiis une contredanse ici a Foinbre. 

Let us dauce a quadrille here in the shade. 

Cavaliers aupres de vos dames ; en place. 

Gentlemen to your partners ; in place {i:.ake yow places), 

Vousdeux, mettez-vous vis a vis d'Henri et Marie. 

You two, place yourselves opposite Henry and Mary. 

Tiens, Frederic, seras-tu le maitre des cei'enionies ? 

How so, Frederick, are you to be the master of ceremonies ? 

Pourquoi pas ; il faut que quelqu^un le soit. 

Why not ; it is necessary that some one (so) should be. 

Mais est-ce que tu sais appeler les figures ? 

But do you know how to call off the figures? 

Sans doute ; j'ai appris cela a Tecole de danse. 

Undoubtedly; I have learned that at the dancing-school. 

Par exemple : '' Enavant deux; '^ " Chassez huit.'^ 

For instance: " Forward two ; " *' Chassez." 

'' Balancez vos dames/^ et ainsi de suite. 

"Balance," and so forth. 

Nous y voila ; ca ira ; commenpons. 

Here we are; that will do ; let us begin. 



74 AT WOEK— Continued. 

125, Vocabulary^ 

il reste, tliere remains ; un tiroir, a drawer ; 

j'ai besoin de, I have need of; un canif, a penknife; 

un echeveaUj a skein ; des ciseaux, scissors; 

une bobine, a spool; la couleur, the color; 

une aiguille, a needle ; la nuance, the shade; 

une epingle, a pin. different, different, various. 



126. A rOiivrage. (Voir p. 42.) 

Comment va Touvrage ? avance-t-il ? 

How goes the work ? does it advance ? 

^a va bieii ; je Taurai firii clemain. 

It goes well ; I it shall have finished to-morrow. 

II me reste encore quelques fleurs a faire. 

There to me remains still a few flowers to be made. 

J^aurai besoin de soie de differentes couleurs. 

I shall have need of silk of different colors. 

Voulez-vous m'en acheter quelques echeveaux ? 

Will you tome — buy a few skeius? 

II y a plusieurs bobines de soie dans votre boite. 

There are several spools of silk in your box. 

Ce ne sont pas les nuances qu'il me faut. 

They — are not the shades which I want. 

Je ne sais ce que j'ai fait de mes ciseaux. 

I don't know what I have done with my scissors. 

Yoila vos ciseaux dans votre boite a ouvrage. 

There are your scissors in your work-box. 

Y a-t-il encore des aiguilles comme celle-ci ? 

Are there still — needles like this one? 

II y a des aiguilles et des epingles dans ce tiroir. 

There are — needles and — pins in that drawer. 

Youlez-vous me passer ce canif, sMl vous plait ? 

Will you tome hand that penknife, if you please? 



UNDER THE TREES— Continued. 75 

127 • Vocabulary. 

il court, he runs; la diffeience, tlie difference; 

ils courent, they run ; entre, between ; 

le plus vite, the fastest ; le bois, the wood ; 

le plus jeune, the youngest ; suivre, to follow. 



128. Sous les Arbres. (Voir p. 44.) 

Vois-tu les deux garcons qui courent la-bas ? 

Bo you eee the two boj^ who are runniDg yonder? 

Je les vols courir ; ce sont mes cousins. 

I them see run ; they are my coui?ins. 

Jean court le plus vite, et c^est le plus jeune. 

John runs the fastest, and he is the youngest. 

Quelle est la difference d'age entre eux ? 

What is the difference of age between them? 

Cliarles a dix ans, et Jean en a neuf. 

Charles is ten years, and John — is nine. 

Charles n'est pas fort ; il est souvent malade. 

Charles — is not strong; he is often sick. 

C^est pourquoi il ne va pas a I'ecole a present. 

That is why he — goes not to — school at present. 

II n'est pas aussi avance que son frere. 

He — is not so far advanced as his brother. 

Parce qu^il ne pent pas etudier beaucoup. 

Because he — can not study much. 

II a en mal aux 3^eux pendant longtemps. 

He has had sore eyes for a long time. 

lis vont au bois ; voulons-nous les j suivre ? 

They are going to the wood; will we them — follow? 

Je crois qu^il est temps de retourner a la maison. 

I believe that it Is time to return home. 



76 MINE AND THINE— Continued. 

129 1 Vocabulary^ 

un parapluie, an umbrella ; nettoyer, to clean ; 

une galoche, an overshoe; apporter, to bring ; 

une servante, a servant girl ; rendre, to render, to return ; 

emporter, to carry away ; il nous faut, we want. 



130. Le Mien et le Tien. (Voir p. 46.) 

Sais-tu ou est mon parapluie, Charles ? 

Do you know where is my umbrella, Charles ? 

Oai, le tien et le mien sont a Tecole. 

Yes, yours and mine are at — school. 

Elise n^anra pas besoiii du sien ; preiids-le. 

Eliza will not have need of hers ; take it. 

Voici une le9on que je trouve bien difficile. 

Here is a lesson which I find very difficult. 

La inienne est aussi difficile que la tienne. 

Mine is as difficult as yours. 

Chaque eleve trouve la sienne difficile. 

Every scholar finds his difficult. 

Ou sont raes galoches ; le sais-tu? 

Where are my overshoes; it do you know? 

Les tiennes et les miennes sont en bas. 

Yours and mine are down-stairs. 

La servante les a emportees pour les nettoyen 

The servant them has carried away to them clean. 

Dites-lui de nous les apporter tout de suite. 

Tell her to to us them brin^ immediately. 

II nous les faut ; nous allons sortir. 

We want them ; we are going out. 

Nous allons renrlre visite a nos amis. 

We are going to pay a visit to our friends. 



THE CHOICE-Continued. 77 

131. Vocahiilary. 

de Tor, gold ; un ruban, a ribbon ; 

de I'argent, silver; money; regardez, look ; 

un collier, a necklace ; examinez, examine ; 

une croix d'or, a gold cross ; voas avezraison (de), you are riglit; 

une montre, a watch ; choisir, to choose ; 

une chains, a chain; un avis, an opinion ; bleu, bltie. 



132, Le Choix. (Voir p. 48.) 

Yoyez les belles choses, les colliers et les croix. 

Behold the pretty things, the necklaces and the crosses. 

Regardez, examinez, et faites votre choix. 

Look, examine, and make (take) your choice. 

Yoici line croix d'or, et voila une chaine. 

Here is a golden cross, and there a chain. 

Je prends les deux ; ces choses vont ensemble. 

I take both; those things go together. 

Vous avez raison de choisir comme vous le faites. 

You are right to choose as you — do. 

Etde ces deux chapeaux, lequel vous plait le mieux? 

And of these two bonnets, which to you pleases best? 

Celui aux rubans bleus me plait mieux que Tautre. 

The one with the blue ribbons me pleases better than the other. 

Lesquels de ces rubans trouvez-vous les plusjolis? 

Which of these ribbons do you find the prettiest ? 

Je trouve ceux-ci plus jolis que ceux-la. 

I find these prettier than those. 

Dites-moi quelle montre est la meilleure ? 

Tell me which watch is the best? 

Celle d'or est meilleure que celle d'argent 

The one of gold is better than the one of silver. 

Nous sommes du meme avis ; j'en snis content. 

W« are of the earn© opinion ; I of it am gladi 



78 THE SALUTATION— Continued. 

ISH. Vocabulary n 

unparentjuneparente, a relative; connu, known; endormi, asleep ; 

nous appelions, we called, used elle avait I'air, slie looked as if ; 

to call ; revenu, returned, come back ; 

ferme, shuts, closes ; en ville, a la ville, in town, to 
I'ceil, the eye ; town ; 

en lisant, when reading ; a la campagne, in the country. 



134:, Le Salut. (Voir p. 50.) 

Quelle est la dame que vous venez de saluer? 

Who is the lady whom you have just bowed to ? 

C^est une de nos parentes ; elle demeure pres dici. 

She is oue of our relatives (a relative of ours) ; she lives near here. 

C^est elle dont la petite est morte, I'autre jour. 

It is she whose little girl died, the other day. 

Vous Favez connue ; elle allait a uotre ecole. 

You her have kDown; she used to go to our school. 

Nous Fappelions toujours ** La Petite Ferme FCEil.'^ 

We her used to call always " Little Close the Eye." 

Parce qu' elle avait Fair endormi quand elle lisait. 

Because she looked as if (she was) asleep when she was reading. 

C^etait une bonne tille que tout le monde aimait. 

She was a good girl whom everybody liked. 

Quand votre tante est-elle revenue de lacampagne"! 

When has your aunt — returned from the country? 

Elle est arrivee en ville hier au soir. 

She has arrived in town yesterday evening (last night). 

Mon cousin Charles est revenu a la ville avec elle. 

My cousin Charles has returned to town with her. 

Mes cousines sont restees a la campagne. 

My cousins have remained in the country. 

N^oubliez pas de dire a Charles de venir me voir. 

Do not forget to tell — Charles to come me to see (to call on me). 



THE VISIT— Continued. 79 

135. Vocabulary. 

entendu, lieard ; prier, to ask ; un medecin, a physician, a doctor ; 
egal, equal, same ; il faudra, it will be necessary ; 

c'est egal, it is the same; no matter; au logis, at home; sa carte, his card; 
donn6, given; repasser, to call again ; 

les cheveux, the hair; la bonte, the kindness ; 



136. La Visite. (Voir p. 52.) 

Avez-vous entendu sonner ? 

Have you lieard (the bell) rin^ ? 

Marie est allee ouvrir la porte. 

Mary has gone to open the door. 

C^est un monsieur qui deraande M. votre pere. 

It is a gentleman who asks for — your father. 

Faites-le entrer au salon, et priez-le de s'asseoir. 

Make him enter (show him In) the parlor, and ask him to be seated. 

Je crois que monsieur votre pere est sorti. 

I believe that — your father is out. 

C'est egal. Yous a-t-il donne sa carte ? 

No matter. To you has he given his card ? 

La voici. II s'appelle monsieur La Borde. 

Here it is. His name is Mr. La Borde. 

C^est un liomme a cheveux blancs qui a Fair d'un 

He is a man with v/hite hair who has the look of a 

medecin. 

physician (looks like). 

C'est le vieux monsieur que mon pere attendaitf 

It is the old gentleman whom my father was expecting. 

II faudra lui dire que papa n'est pas au logis. 

It will be necessary him to tell that papa — is not in. 

Priez-le d'avoir la bonte de repasser demain. 

Ask him to have the kindness to call again to-morrow. 

Dites-lui que papa est toujours a lamaisona midi. 

Tell him that papa is always at home at noon. 



80 SUNBISE— Continued. 

137 • Vocabulary. 

se lever, to rise ; conduire, to conduct ; to take ; 

ensuite, then, afterwards ; entrer (dans), to enter ; 

servi, served up ; un pensionnat, a boarding-school ; 

je siiis press6, I am in a liurry ; elle reviendra, she will return. 



138. Le Lever clu Soleil, (Voir p. 54.) 

Ce matin je me suis leve avant le lever du soleil. 

This morning I have risen before sunrise. 

De ma fenetre j^ai vu le soleil se lever. 

From my window I have seen the sun rise. 

Je me suis lave et je me suis habille. 

1 myself washed and — — — dressed. 

Ensuite je suis descendu pour dejeuner. 

Then T have come down to breakfast. 

Ma mere et ma soeur etaient dans la salle a manger. 

My mother and — sister were in the dining-room. 

Le dejeuner etait servi ; nous etions presses. 

— Breakfast was served up ; we were in a hurry. 

Ma mere et ma soeur allaient partir. 

My mother and — sister were going to leave. 

Apres le dejeuner elles sont parties en voiture. 

After — breakfast they have started in a carriage. 

Ma mere est allee conduire ma soeur a L. . . . 

My mother has gone to take my sister to L. . . . 

Ma soeur doit y entrer dans un pensionnat. 

My sister is to there enter into a boarding-school. 

Elle va y rester pendant deux ou trois ans. 

She is going there to stay for two or three years. 

Quand elle reviendra, elle parlera franpais. 

When she returns, eh© will epeak French, 



ON THE ICE— Continued, 81 

139. Vocahiilary. 

la saison, tlie season ; agreable, agreeable, pleasant ; 

le printemps, spring ; fort, very; moins, less; 

I'ete, summer ; pousser, to shoot up; de nouveau, anew; 

I'automne, autumn ; reverdir, to grow green again ; 

I'hiver, winter ; renaitre, to spring up again; 

la terre, the earth ; chanter, to sing; se r6jouir, to rejoice. 



140. Sur la Glace, (Voir p. 56.) 

Henri, quelle est la saison que tuaimes le mieux? 

Henry, which is the season that you like best? 

C^est rhiver ; parce qu^alors nous allons patiner. 

It is — winter ; because then we go skating. 

Et quand la neige couvre la terre on va en traineau. 

And when — snow covers the earth one goes in a sleigh. 

Moi, je n^aime pas Thiver ; j'aime mieux Fete. 

— I do not like — winter ; I like better — summer. 

En ete on est a la campagne, et c^est fort agreable. 

In summer, we are in the country, and that is very pleasant. 

On ne va pas a Tecole, et Ton s'amuse tout le temps. 

We do not go to — school, and — amuse ourselves all the lime. 

II fait trop chaud en ete ; j'aime mieux Tautomne. 

It is too warm in summer ; I like better — autumn. 

En automne il fait moins chaud , et Ton se porte mieux. 

In autumn it is less warm, and one feels better. 

Pour moi, le printemps est la saison la plus belle. 

For me, — spring is the season the most beautiful. 

AlorsTherbe poussede nouveau, la terre reverdit. 

Then the grass shoots up anew, the earth grows green again. 

Les fleurs renaissent, et les oiseaux chantent. 

The flowers spring up again, and the birds sing. 

Tout rajeunit et tout se rejouit. 

Everything revives and everything rejoices. 

4* 



82 MAMMA'S BIBTHDA Y— Continued. 

141. Vocabulary. 

I'anniversaire, the anniversary ; feu d'artifice, fire-works ; 

le mariage, the marriage ; tirer, to draw; to set off (fire-works); 

Noel, Christmas ; un petard, a cracker ; 

le jour de Tan, New- Year's day; armes a feu, fire-arms ; 

les etrennes \ ^ew-Year's gifts ; presque, almost ; puis, and then ; 

' ( Cliristmas-box ; notre Sauveur, our Saviour. 



14:2. La Fite de Maman. (Voir p. 58.) 

Quel est le jour de rannee que tu aimes le mieux ? 

Which is the day of the year that you hke best ? 

C^est le dix juin, Fanniversaire de la fete de maman. 

It is the tenth of June, the anniversary of mamma's birthday. 

Ensuite j'airae presque autant le quinze mai. 

Then I hke almost as much the fifteenth of May. 

C'est ranniversaire de la fete de papa. 

That is the anniversary of papa's birthday. 

II y a aussi le seize avril que nous celebrons. 

There is also the sixteenth of April which we celebrate. 

C'est ranniversaire du mariage de mes parents. 

It is the anniversary of the marriage of my parents. 

J'aime la fete de Noel ; c'est la fete de notre Sauveur. 

I like Christmas ; it is our Saviour's birthday. 

Ce jour-la mes oncles et mes tantes dinen t avec nous. 

(On) that day my uncles and my aunts dine with us. 

Puis j'aime le jour de Tan; c'est le jour des etrennes. 

And then I like New Year's Day ; it is the day for presents. 

N'airaes-tu pas le quatre juillet, la fete nationale? 

Do you not like the fourth of July, the national festival ? 

J'ainie le jour, et le feu d^artifice qu'on tire le soir. 

I like the day, and the fire- works which they set off" in the evening. 

Mais je n'airae pas le bruit des petards et des 

But I — do not like the noise of the crackers and — 

armes a feu. 

fire-arms. 



A VISIT TO THE MARKET, 83 



14:3. line Visits au MarchS. 

Samedi passe j'ai ete au marclie avec mon pere. 

On Saturday last I went to the market with my father. 

J^y ai vu toates sortes de legumes et de fruits en 

I there saw all kinds of vegetables and — fruits in 

grandes quantites. II j avait des choux, des 

large quantities. There were — cabbages, — 

choux-fleurs, des pommes de terre, des 6pis de 

cauliflowers, — potatoes, — ears of 

mais, des navets, des carottes, des oignons, des 

corn, — turnips, — carrots, — onions, — 

haricots et des pois. 

beans, and — peas. 

On J voyait des tas de melons, des barils 

One there saw — heaps of melons, — barrels 

de pommes et de poires, des sacs de noix, des 

of apples and — pears, — bags of nuts, — 

paniers de peches et de prunes, des caisses d^o- 

baskets" of peaches and — plums, — boxes of or- 

ranges, de citrons, de Agues, de dattes et de 

anges, — lemons, — figs, — dates and 

raisin. 

grapes. 

D'un autre c6te c'etait de la viande de boucherie : 

On another side there was — — butcher's meat : 

du boeuf, du veau, du mouton, et de Fagneau. 

— beef, — veal, — mutton, and — — lamb. 

Plus loin il y avait de la volaille : des dindes, des 

Farther on there was — — poultry ; — turkeys, — 



84 A VISIT TO THE MARKET. 

poules, des poulets, des oies, des canards et des 

hens, — chickens, — geese, — ducks and 

pigeons. 

pigeons. 

Tout autour du marche etaient ranges des 

All around the market were drawn up — 

chariots et des charrettes, qui avaient apporte 

wagons and — carts, which had brought 

toutes ces choses. 

all these things. 

Partout il y avait une foule immense de gens 

Everywhere there was a crowd immense of people 

qui y etaient venus, les uns pour vendre, les 

who there had come, some to sell, 

autres pour acheter. Tout ce monde parlait 

others to buy. All these people spoke 

constamment. C^etait un bruit de voix vraiment 

constantly! It was a noise of voices truly 

etourdissant. 

deafening. 

Mon pere voulait me mener an marche an poisson, 

My father wished me to take to the fish market, 

mais je Tai prie de me reconduire a la maison. 

but I him begged to me reconduct home. 

J'etais tres-fatigue, et si etourdi que je n'aurais 

I was very tired, and so stunned that I — would 

pas su retrouver mon chemin, si mon pere 

not have known how to find back my way, if my father 

n'avait pas ete avec moi. 

— had not been with me. 



OUR HOUSE. 85 



144. Notre Maison. 

Notre maison est spacieuse et commode. Moii 

Our house is spacious and convenient. My 

pere Ta fait batir pour nous, 11 y a quelques annees. 

father had it built for us, a few years ago. 

EUe a quatre etages et un sous-sol. Au dessous 

It has four stories and a basement. Below 

du sous-sol est la cave, ou Ton met le charbon et 

the basement is the cellar, where — they put the coal and 

le bois a bruler. La il y a aussi le caloritere, 

the fire-wood. There is also the calorifer (furnace), 

qui chauffe toutes les parties de la maison, en 

which warms all the parts of the house, in 

envoyant Fair cliaud dans tons les appartements, 

sending hot air into all the rooms, 

au moyen de tuyaux enfermes dans la maponnerie 

by means of pipes inclosed in the mason work 

des murs. Ces tuyaux, qui sont de tole ou de 

of the walls. These pipes, which are of sheet iron or — 

ferblanc, conduisent a des ouvertures pratiquees 

tin plate, lead to — openings made 

dans les murs des appartements, et qu^on nomm.e 

in the walls of the rooms, and which we call 

bouches de chaleur. On pent les ouvrir et les 

registers. One can them open and — 

fermer a volonte. 

shut as one wishes. 

Le sous-sol, qui est plus bas de trois pieds que le 

The basement, which is lower by three feet than the 

rez de chaussee, contient la cuisine et les offices, 

level of the street, contains the kitchen and the pantries, 



86 OUR HOUSE. 

et aussi une grande piece a Tusage des domes- 

and also a large room for the use of the serv- 

tiques. 

ants. 

Au premier il y a le salon, la bibliotheque et 

On the first floor are the parlor, — library and 

la salle a manger. Au second, sur le devant, ily a 

dining-room. On the second floor, in the front, is 

Fappartement de mes parents, et sur le derriere, 

the apartment of my " parents, and in the rear (are), 

ma chambre et la chambre des enfants. La 

my room and the nursery. The 

salle de bains est au centre, entre la chambre de 

bath-room is in the centre, between the front 

devant et la chambre de derriere. 

room and the back room. 

Au troisieme il 5^ a quatre chambres a coucher. 

On the third floor there are four sleeping-rooms, 

et au quatrieme il y en a deux, et une grande 

and on the fourth there are two, and a 



piece ouverte, qu'on appelle grenier, et ou Ton 

open place, which they call garret, and where — they 

met toutes sortes de choses. 

put all kinds of things. 

La maison a deux portes d^entree. L'une est 

The house has two street doors. The one is 

la porte du sous-sol. Elle est dans J'aire au dessous 

the basement door. It is in the area below 

du perron. II faut descendre quatre marches 

the stoop. One has to go down four steps 

pour y arriver. L^autre porte conduit au premier. 

to get there. The other door leads to the first floor, 



OUR HOUSE. 87 

On y arrive de la rue en montant le perron cle pierre, 

One reaches there from the street in ascending the stone stoop, 

qui a huit marches. Cette porte donne dans 

which has eight steps. This door opens into 

le vestibule. Une seconde porte admet dans Tin- 

the vesiibide. A second door gives access to the in- 

terieurdelamaison. En entrant dans le corridor 

terior of the house. Upon entering — the hall 

on a devant soi, sur la gauche, le grand escalier qui 

one has before him, on tlie left (hand), the large staircase which 

conduit au second, et a droite, la porte du salon. 

leads to the second story, and to the right, the door of the parlor. 

En allant tout droit le long de la rampe qui borde 

In going straight on along the hand-rail which borders 

I'escalier du sous-sol, on arrive a la porte de 

the staircase of the basement, one arrives at the door of 

la salle a manger, ayant a droite nne seconde 

the dining-room, having to the right a second 

porte du salon, et a gauche Tescalier de service, 

parlor door. and to the left the servants' staircase, 

qui monte au second et debouche sur le palier, 

which leads np to the second floor and terminates in the landing, 

en face de la salle de bains. 

in front of the bath-room. 

L'eau est introduite dans toutes les chambres 

The water is introduced in all the sleeping 

a coucher au second et au troisieme. II y a 

rooms on the second and — third stories. There are 

des cuvettes fixes en marbre, chacune avec deux 

wash-basins stationary of marble, each with two 



88 THE PARLOR. 

robinets, Tun pour Teau froide, Tautre pour Teau 

faucets, one for cold water, the other for hot 

chaude. 

water. 

La maisoa est eclairee an gaz. Depuis la cave 

The house is lighted by gas. From the cellar 

JLisqii'au grenier, il y a, partout ou il est neces- 

to the garret, there are, everywhere it is neces- 

saire, des tuyaux a gaz, auxquels sont ajoutes des 

sary, gas pipes, to which are affixed 

candelabres, des tubes, ou des bras de metal, a 

chandeliers, tubes, or brackets of metal, with 

bees de gaz. 

gas-burners. 

Derriere la maison il y a une cour, et au bout de 

Behind the house is a yard, and at the end of 

la cour il y a Fecurie et la remise, dont la sortie 

the yard are the stable and the coach-house, the egress of which 

est daus une ruelle aboutissant a nne grande rue, 

is in a lane running to a large street, 

qui traverse la rue ou nous demeurons a une 

which crosses the street in which we live at a 

petite distance de notre porte. 

short distance from our door. 



14:5. Le Salon. 



Notre salon est beaucoup plus long que large. 

Our parlor is much longer than (it is) broad, 

II a deux fenetres qui donnent sur la rue, deux 

It has two windows which look into the street, two 

portes qui coramuniquent avec le corridor 

doors that communicate with the hall, 



THE PAllLOll 89 

et au fond vine grancle porte a coulisse, par la- 

aud at the lower end a large slidiiig-door, through 

quelle on entre clans la bibliotheque. 

which one enters — the library. 

Le plafond est tres-eleve, et peint a fresque. 

The ceiling is very high, and painted in fresco. 

Les niurs sont tapisses d'ane ten tare, dont la cou- 

The walls are hung with paper, the delicate color 

leur tendre rehausse la dorure des corniclies. Le 

of which sets off the gilding of the cornices. The 

plancher est convert d'un tapis que mou pere 

floor is covered with a carpet which my father 

a fait venir d'Angleterre. 

sent for to Eugland. 

Le mobilier, qui a ete renouvele Tannee passee, 

The furniture, which was renewed last year, 

a tout Teclat de la fraicheur. Des canapes, des 

has all the gloss of freshness. — Sofas, — 

fauteuils, des chaises, des tabourets, des tables, 

arm-chairs, — chairs, — stools, — tables, 

des consoles, des etageres, des gueridons, un grand 

— consoles, — etageres, — gueridons, a large 

piano, et quelques statues, qui repr^sentent des 

piano, and a few statues, which represent — 

dieux et des deesses de Fantiquite, tons disposes 

gods and — goddesses of — antiquity, all arranged 

avec art et bon gout, charraent Foeil par leur 

with art and good taste, please the eye by their 

variete. 

variety. 

Sur les manteaux de cheminee, sur les consoles, 

On the mantlepiecee, on the conpoles, 



90 THE PABLOB, 

les 6tageres, et les gueridons, on voit des statuettes, 

the etageres, and — gueridons, one sees — statuettes, 

des vases, et des objets de fantaisie. Les fenetres 

— vases, and — fancy articles. The windows 

sont drapees de rideaux de sole et de dentelle, et 

are hung with curtains of sUk and — lace, and 

Fespace qui les separe est couvert d'une glace 

the space which separates them is covered with a mirror, 

qui descend du plafond au tapis. Les murs sont 

which descends from the ceiling to the carpet. The walls are 

ornes de peintures a V huile, parmi lesquels il y a 

adorned with oil paintings, among which are 

le portrait de mon pere et celui de ma mere, qui 

the portrait of my father and that of my mother, which 

sont d^me ressemblance parfaite. 

are perfect likenesses. 

Deux grands candelabres, pendant du plafond, 

Two larfi^e chandeliers, hanging from the ceiling, 

^tendent leurs branches de tons cotes, et aident 

stretch forth their branches on all sides, and contribute 

a former un ensemble qui d'abord parait confus, 

to form an ensemble which at first seems confused, 

mais qui est pittoresque et fort agreable, surtout 

but which is picturesque and very pleasing, particularly 

le soir, quand, le gaz etant allume, les nombreux 

in the evening, wiien, the gas being lighted, the numerous 

jets des caudelabres emettent un flot de lumiere, 

jets of the chandeliers send forth a flood of light, 

qui eblouit les yeux. 

which dazzles the eyes. 



THE LIBRARY. 91 



146. La Bibliotheque. 

Entrons maintenant dans la bibliotheque par la 

Let us enter now into the library by the 

porte qui est au fond du salon. La grande fenetre 

door which is at the lower end of the parlor. The large bow- 

cintree qui est vis a vis de la porte, a I'autre ex- 

wiiidow which is opposite the door, at the other ex- 

tremite de la piece, donne sur la cour. Cette 

tremity of the room, looks into the yard. This 

porte ici a gauche, communique avec la salle a 

door here to the left, communicates with the dining- 

manger. 

room. 

La grande armoire a droite, qui remplit Tespace 

The large cupboard on the right, which fills the space 

entre le mur et la cheminee, contient un grand 

between the wall and the mantlepiece, contains a large 

noinbre d'objets curieux, que mon pere a recueillis 

number of objects rare, which my father has collected 

pendant ses differents voyages en Europe. 

during his several visits to Europe. 

Sur le manteau de cheminee il y a une pendule 

On the mantlepiece are a time-piece 

et deux bustes. De Tautre c8te de la cheminee, 

and two busts. On the other side of the mantlepiece, 

adosse au mur, est un secretaire, ou mon pere a 

set against the wall, is a secretary, at which my father has 

rhabitude de travailler le matin. 

the habit of working in the morning. 

Centre le mur a droite de la fenetre cintree est 

Against the wall to the right of the bow-window is 

une ottomane, ou ma mere vient souvent se re- 

an ottoman, where my mother comes often to rest 



92 TEE LIB BABY. 

poser et s'entretenir avec mon pere, quand il est 

herself and to converse with my father, when he is 

assis a son secretaire. 

seated at his secretary. 

A gauche de la fenetre cintree il y a un pupitre, 

To the left of the bow-window there is a desk, 

sur lequel est uu ecritoire. Dans les tiroirs du 

on which stands an ink-stand. In the drawers of the 

pupitre il y a du papier a lettres, des enveloppes, 

desk are — letter-paper, — envelopes, 

et des timbres de poste. C'est ici que ma mere 

and — postage-stamps. It is here that my mother 

vient faire sa correspondance. 

comes to write her letters. 

Le mur du cote de la salle a manger, depuis la 

The wall on the side of the dining-room, from the 

porte jusqu'au coin, est occupe par un grand corps 

door to the corner, is occupied by a large book- 

de bibliotheque, dont les rayons sont remplis de 

case of which the shelves are filled with 

livres. 

books. 

Contre le mur au dessus du manteau de chemi- 

Against the wall above the mantlepiece, 

nee est le portrait de ma grand^mere paternelle, 

is the portrait of my grandmother paternal, 

et contre le mur au dessus du secretaire de mon 

and against the wall above the secretary of my 

pere, est le portrait de mon grand-pere paternel. 

father, is the portrait of my grandfather paternal. 

Les portraits de mes aieuls du c6te de ma mere 

'jPhg portraits ©f my grand-parents on the side of my mother 



THE DINING-ROOM. 93 

sont des deux cotes de la fenetre cintree, Tun 

are on the " two sides of the bow- window, the one 

a droite au dessus de rottomane, 1 autre a gauche 

on the right above the ottoman, the other on the left 

au dessus du pupitre. 

above the desk. 

Au milieu de la piece est une table couverte de 

In the middle of the room is a table covered with 

drap vert. Des fauteuils ranges autour de la table 

green cloth. Some arm-chairs ranged around the table 

et places 9a et lacontrelesmurs, et un marchepied, 

and placed here and there against the walls, and a foot-step, 

qui sert a atteindre aux rayons superieurs de la 

which serves to reach to the shelves upper of the 

bibliotheque, completent le mobilier de ce que mon 

book-case, complete the furniture of what my 

pere appelle son cabinet de travail. 

father calls his study. 



14:7^ La Salle a Manger. 

La salle a manger est a cote de la bibliotlieque. 

The dining-room is next to the library. 

Elle a deux portes et une fenetre cintree,exacte- 

It has two doors and a bow-window, pre- 

ment pareille a celle de la piece voisine. La porte 

cisely similar to the one of the next room. The door 

principale communique avec le corridor ; puis 

principal communicates with the hall; then 

il J a une porte late rale qui donne dans la biblio- 

there is a side-door which opens into the li» 

theque. 

brary. 



94 THE DINmG-ROOM. 

Yoici les objets qui se presentent d^abord a la 

Here are the objects which present themselves at first to the 

vue, en entrant par la porte principale : an centre 

eye, upon entering by the door principal : in the centre 

une longue table a manger, des fauteuils places 

a long dining-table, — arm-chairs placed 

a droite et a gauche ; deux buffets adosses an 

to the right and to the left ; two side-tables set against the 

mur du cote gauche ; plus loin, dans le coin pres 

wall on the side left; farther on, in the corner near 

de la fenetre, un sofa ; et dans Tautre coin, vis a 

the window, a sofa ; and in the other corner, oppo- 

vis du sofa, une table. Entre la table et le sofa, 

site the sofa, a table. Between the table and the sofa, 

et en face de la fenetre, est une jardiniere, sur 

and in front of the window, is a flower-stand, on 

laqnelle 11 y a un grand nqmbre de pots de fleurs. 

which there are a great number of pots with flowers. 

On remarque particulierement les favorites de ma 

One notices particularly the favorites of my 

mere, les hyacinthes, les oeillets, les geraniums, les 

mother, — hyacinths, — carnations, — geraniums, — 

roses. Les murs sont decores de gravures dans 

roses. The walls are adorned with engravings in 

des cadres dores. Sur le manteau de chemin^e, 

— frames gilded. On the mantlepiece 

il y a des vases remplis de fleurs, une pendule, et 

there are — vases filled with flowers, a time-piece, and 

des statuettes en bronze. 

— statuettes of bronze. 

D'un c8te de la porte principale est la porte de 

On one side of the door principal is the servants' 



THE KITCHEN. 95 

service, et de Pautre, il y a nn cabinet, oli I'oii 

door, and on the other, there is a closet, in which they 

met tout ce qui est necessaire an service de la 

put everything that is necessary to the service of the 

table : la vaisselle, des jjlats de toute grandeur, 

table : the plate, — dishes of every size, 

des assiettes, des soupieres, des saladiers, des 

— plates, — soup-tureens, — . salad-dishes, — 

huiliers, des salieres, des cafetieres, des theieres, 

cruets, — salt- stands, — coffee-pots, — teapats, 

des tasses et soucoupes, des sucriers, des beur- 

— cups and saucers, — sugar-bowls, ~ butter- 

riers, des cruches, des pots au lait, des cuilleres, 

dishes, — pitchers, — milk-pots, — spoons, 

des couteaux et des fonrcliettes ; enfin, le linge 

— knives and — forks ; finally, the table- 

de table; les nappes, les serviettes, et autres choses 

linen; -*• table-covers, — napkins, and other thino:s 

que je ne saurais nommer. 

which I cannot name. 



148. La Cuisine, 



II faut aussi faire une visite au sous-sol. Je ne 

We must also pay a visit to the basement. I 

vais pas souvent dans ce lieu souterrain, mais pour 

do not go often in that place underground, but to 

vous faire plaisir nous aliens y descendre, et faire 

you amuse we shall there go down, and pass 

la revue de toute la batterie de cuisine. 

in review all the kitchen apparatus. 

Vous y verrez notre grosse cuisiniere, qui regne 

You there will see our stout cook, who reigns 



96 TEE KITCHEN'. 

avec une autorite supreme sur les pots et les poeles. 

with an authority supreme over the pots and — pans. 

Sa voix de stentor se fait entendre dans son do- 
ner voice stentorian is heard in her do- 

maine, des que les choses ne vont pas a son gre. 

main, as soon as — things do not go to her liking. 

Si son aide, la laveuse d'ecuelles, laisse tomber de 

If her assistant, the washer of dishes, lets fall — 

la graisse ou des cendres sur la toile ciree qui 

— grease or -. ashes on the oil-cloth which 

couvre le plancher, ou qu'elle laisse trainer, hors 

covers the floor, or lets lie about, out 

de leurs places, le balai, le seau, le plumeau, la 

of their places, the broom, the pail, the feather-duster, the 

pelle, le fourgon ou les pincettes, la grosse Marie, 

shovel, the poker or tongs, — stout Mary, 

c^est ainsi que nous la nommons, la gronde, et 

it is thus — we her call, her scolds, and 

souvent lui donne du torclion sur les oreilles. 

often to her gives it with the dish-cloth over the ears. 

Elle veut que tout soit en bon ordre, et que chaque 

She wants that all be in good order, and that every- 

chose soit a sa place. Aussi faut-il vous dire que 

thing be in its place. Also I must you tell that 

la besogne est bien faite. Yous remarquerez 

the business is well done. You will notice 

aisementla proprete du fourneau avec ses fours, et 

easily the neatness of the range with its ovens, and 

Teclat de tons les ustensils, tels que marinites, 

the brilliancy of all the utensils, such as saucepans, 

casseroles, poellons, broches, rotissoires, bouilloires, 

Btewpans, pipkins, spits, roasting-screens, kettles, 



THE KITCHEN. 97 

lechauds, ecuinoires, et cbaudrons, tous Stages en 

cliatiiiy-dishes, skimmers, and boilers, all disposed in 

rangs luisants et polls. 

rows shilling and polished. 

La piece adjacente est le lavoir. La blanch isseuse 

The room neighboring is the wash-room. The washerwoman 

y est maintenant a faire la lessive. Les cuviers 

there is now doing the washing. The wash-tubs 

fixes ont des robinets pour Teau froide et pour 

stationary have — taps for cold and — 

Feau chaude. L^eau chaude est tiree du grand 

hot water. The hot water is drawn from the large 

-chaudron de cuivre que vous voyez dans le coin 

boiler of copper which you see in the corner 

au dessus de Tevier. L^eau sale s'ecoule dans les 

above the sink. The water dirty runs off in the 

6gouts souterrains. 

sewers underground. 

Le repassage du linge se fait dans la cliambre 

The ironing of the linen is done in the room 

a c8te. Vous voyez a travers le vitrage les fers a 

next. You see through the glass-windows the smoothing- 

repasser, qui sont a chauffer. La lingere exa- 

irons, which are heating. The seamstress exam- 

mine le linge blanchi, rentre du blanchissage, et met 

ines the linen cleaned come in from the washing, and puts 

de c6te les articles qui ont besoin d'etre raccom- 

aside the articles which have need of being mend- 

modes. Mais en voila assez. Remontons. 

ed. But that is enough. Let us go up. 

5 



98 ^^ BOOM. 



14:9. Ma Chamhre, 

Venez, Lucie, suivez-moi ; nous allons monter 

Come, Lucy, follow me ; we will go up 

a ma chambre. Nous y pourrons causer a notre 

to my room. We there shall be able to chat at our 

aise, sans qu'on vienne nous interrompre. Ici vous 

ease, without any one coming us to interrupt. Here you 

etes chez moi, ma cbere amie ; c'est icima retraite, 

are at my home, my dear friend ; this is — my bower, 

Oil je viens mediter et rever pendant mes heures 

where I come to meditate and to muse during my hours 

de loisir. 

of leisure. 

Yoila mon prie-Dieu, ou je dis ma priere, le 

There is my kneeling-stool, atwhich I say my prayers, in the 

matin quand je me leve et le soir avant de me 

morning when I rise and in the evening before I go to 

coucher. Le lit ou je couclie a ete achete pour 

bed. The bed in which I sleep has been bought for 

moi quand je suis revenue de cliez ma tante. Le 

me when I came home from my aunt's. The 

bois de lit est pareil a celui qui est dans la chambre 

bedstead is similar to the one which is in the room 

de ma mere ; la paillasse et les matelas sont de 

of my mother ; the straw-mattress and mattresses are of the 

premiere qualite ; les draps de lit sont de batiste, 

first quality; the sheets are of cambric, 

et les couvertures sont donees an toucher. Le 

and the blankets are soft to the touch. The 

couvre-pied est d'edredon, le traversin et les oreil- 

coverlet is of eider-down, the bolster and pil- 



MY BOOM. 99 

lers sont de duvet. Apres les fatigues du jour, je 

lows are of down. After the fatigues of the day, I 

suis bien contente d'y reposer ma tete. 

am very glad to there repose my head. 

Le matin quand je m'eveille, j'entends gazouiller 

In the morning when I awake, I hear chirp 

les moineaux, qui viennent recueillir, des alleges 

the sparrows, which come to gather up, from the sills 

de mes fenetres, les miettes de pain que jV ai 

of my windows, the crumbs of bread which I there have 

emiettees la veille pour leur dejeuner du lende- 

crumbled the day before for their breakfast for the next 

main. 

morning. 

Je m'endors des que je suis an lit ; mais quel- 

I fall asleep as soon as I am in bed ; but some- 

quefois mon sommeil est trouble par le caucbemar. 

times my sleep is disturbed by the nightmare. 

Quand cela m'arrive, je me reveille en sursaut. 

When that to me happens, I wake up with a start. 

J'entends alors les chats miauler sous mes fenetres, 

I hear then the cats mew under my windows, 

et les chiens aboyer dans Fecurie. Je me couvre 

and the - dogs bark in the stable. I to myself cover 

la tete pour ne rien entendre ; car j'ai peur quand 

the head in order not anything to hear ; for I am afraid when 

je me trouve seule dans Tobscurite. 

I am alone in the dark. 

Une fois reveillee, j'ai de la peine a me rendor- 

Once waked up, I have some difficulty to fall asleep 

mir, surtout quand j'entends les moustiques 

again, especially when I hear the mosquitoes 

bourdonner autour de ma cousiniere. Je n'aime 

buzz around my mosquito-net. I — like 



100 MY BOOM. 

point ces insectes, dont la piqure me fait bien 

not these insects, whose — sting to me makes great 

mal ; ni les mouches, qui me tourmeriteiit quand 

pain ; nor the flies, which me torment when 

je suis a Tetude. 

I am studying. 

Yoila ma chaise a bascule pres de la croisee. 

There is my rocking-chair near the window. 

Dans Fapres-midi, quand j^ai fini ma taclie, je nVy 

In the afternoon, when I have finished my tasli, I there 

assiedspour voir les oiseaux voltiger dans la cour, 

sit down to see the birds fly about in the yard, 

et les tourterelles descendre sur le toit de Tecurie. 

and the turtle-doves alight on the roof of the stable. 

J^aime a les voir se caresser et a les entendre 

I like — them to see caress each other and — them to hear 

roucouler. 

coo. 

Ici est le bureau ou je prepare mes devoirs de 

Here is the desk at which I prepare my school- 

classe, et la est la commode dans laquelle je serre 

task, and there is the chest of drawers in which I put away 

mes effets. Maman est tres-stricte ; elle ne veut 

my things. Mamma is very strict; she does not wish 

pas qu'on laisse trainer sur les chaises quoi que 

that one leaves hanging upon the chairs anything 

ce soit. Elle vient parfois rendre visite a ma 

whatsoever. She comes sometimes to pay a visit to my 

chambre a I'improviste, et elle serait mecontente 

room unexpectedly, and she would be displeased 

de voir la moindre chose hors de sa place. 

— to see the least thing out of its place. 

J^acheverai de vous laisser voir mon interieur, 

I will finish you to show my home, 

en ouvrant ce cabinet, qui contient ma garde-robe : 

by opening this closet, which contains my wardrobe : 

robes, jupons, linge, chaussures, et le reste. 

dresses, petticoats, linen, shoes, boots, and the rest. 



HISTORIETTES. 

1. Les PSches, 

Un ouvrier^ cle la campagne^ rapporta^ nn jour 
a sa femme et k ses quatre enfants cinq belles 
peches. Les enfants voyaient^ ce fruit pour la 
premiere fois ; ils en admiraient^ la fraiche couleur^ 
et le fin duvet^. 

Le soir^ le pere leur dit^ : 

" Avez-Yous mange le beau fruit que je yous ai 
donne ce matin ? 

— Oui, s'ecria I'aine^^, c'est excellent. Aussi^^ 
j en ai^*^ soigneuse.ment^^ garde le noyau. Je le 
planterai^^, et j espere qu'il en sortira^^ un arbre. 

— Bien, dit le pere ; c'est une bonne cliose que 
d etre econome^^ et de penser a TaYenir^l 

— Moi, dit le plus petit, j'ai tout de suite^^ 
mange ma peclie, et ma mere ma encore donne la 
moitie de la sienne^l C'etait doux comme du 
mieF^. 

— All ! repondit^^ le pere, tu as ete un peu 
gourmand^l Mais a ton age, c'est pardonnable^^. 



1. The fi!::iires refer to the notes, p. , efc. Word-^ which have fiequently oc- 
cnrred i'l the preceding lessons are not repeated in the notes. 



102 THE PEACHES. 

Les annees^te corrigeront^^J'espere, de ce defaut^. 

— Moi, dit un troisieme^ j ai ramasse^^ le noyau 
que mon petit frere avait jete^^ par terre. Je Tai 
brise^^, et j y ai trouve une amande^^ qui avait le 
gout d'uue noix^^ Mais j'ai vendu^^ ma peche, et 
avec Targent que j'en ai regu^^, je puis^^ en aclieter"^^ 
plusieurs autres quand j'irai^^ k la ville." 

Le pere secoua^^ la tete. 

'' Cela pent paraltre^^ une ingenieUse idee, mais 
j'aimerais mieux^^ moins de calcul.^f Et toi, Ed- 
mond, as-tu goute^^ ta peche ? 

— Mon pere, repondit Edmond, je I'ai portee^^ 
au fils de notre voisin, au pauvre Georges, qui est 
malade de la fievre^^. II ne voulait^^ pas la 
prendre^^, mais je Tai posee^^ sur son lit^^, et je me 
suis eloign e^'. 

— Eh bien^^, mes enfants, demanda'*'^ le pere, qui 
de vous a fait^^ le meilleur usage du fruit que je 
vous ai donne ? " 

Et trois des gar§ons s'ecrierent : 

" C'est notre frere Edmond ! " 

Edmond ne disait rien, et sa mere I'embrassa^^ 
avec des larmes^^ dan^ les yeiix^^ 



THE STRAWBERBIES, 103 

2. Les Fraises. 

Un vieux soldat, qui avait une jambe de bois\ 
arriva dans un village^ oil il tomba^ subitement^ 
malade. Ne pouvant^ continuer sa route, il fut 
oblige^ de se couclier^ sur la paille'^ dans une 
grange^, et il etait fort a plaindre^. La petite 
Agatbe^^, fille d un vannier^^ tres-pauvre, ressentit^^ 
la compassion la plus vive^'^ pour le malheureux 
invalid e^^ EUe allait le voir^^ tons les jours, et 
chaque fois elle Ini donnait vingt centimes^^ 

Mais un soir I'lionnete soldat lui demanda d'un 
ton fort inquiet^'^ : 

^' Ma cliere enfant, j'ai appris^^ aujourd'hui que 
vos parents sont pauvres. Dites-moi^^ done 
francliement ou vous trouvez tout cet argent ; car 
j'aimerais mieux mourir de faim^^ que d accepter^^ 
un centime que vous ne pourriez me donner en 
bonne conscience^^. 

— Oh ! repondit Agathe, soyez sans inquietude^l 
Cet argent est legitimement^^ acquis^^. Je vais k 
I'ecole dans le bourg^^ voisin. Pour y arriver,^^ il 
me faut^^ traverser un petit bois ou il y a^^ une 
grande qiiantite da f raises. Chaque fois que J'y 



104 THE CHERRIES. 



32 



passe^ J'en remplis^^ un petit paniei-^^ que Je vends^ 
dans le bourg, et ron m'en donne^^ vingt centimes. 
Mes parents savent bien^^ que Je vous apporte cet 
argent, et ils ne s'y opposent point'^^ lis disent 
sou vent qu'il y a des gens'^^ encore plus pauvres 
que nous, et que nous devons^^ leur faire autant 
de bien^^ que nos nioyens^^ nous le permettent." 

Le vieux soldat sentit^^ des larmes d'attendrisse- 
ment^^ rouler de ses yeux^^ et mouiller ses mous- 
taches^. 

" Genereuse enfant, s'ecria-t-il, que le bon Dieu 
vous recompense'^^, vous et vos parents, de ces sen- 
timents d'humanite ! " 



3. Les Cerises. 

Une Jeune fille, qui s appelait Sabine^, et dont 
les parents^ etaient tres-riches, occupait une 
chambre meublee^ avec beaucoup d'elegance, mais 
d un aspect desagreable^ k cause du desordre^ qui 
y regnait^. Sabine ne la rangeait^ Jamais, et toutes 
les exhortations que sa mere lui fai'sait a cet egard^ 
restaient infructueuses^. 

Un dimacclie apres-midi, Sabine achevait sa 



TEE CHERRIES, 105 

toilette^^ et se disposait k sortir quaiicl la fille du 
voisin Ini apporta line corbeille remplie^^ de grosses 
cerises noires^^. Comrae la table, les chaises, la 
commode^^, et meme les tablettes des fenetres^^ 
etaient encombrees^^ de vetenients et d autres ob- 
jets, Sabine pla§a provisoirement^^ la corbeille sur 
un fauteuil garni^^ d'une etofSe de sole bleue. Puis, 
elle alia se promener avec sa mere dans le village. 
Le soir, quand Tobscurite^^ fut venue, elle rentra a 
la maison et monta aussitot^^ a sa chambre. Comme 
elle etait fatiguee de la promenade qu'elle avait 
faite, elle se jeta*^^ dans le fauteuil. Mais k peine 
y eut-elle pris place^\ qu'elle se rele va brusquement^^ 
en poussant un grand cri deffroi^^: elle s etait 
assise precisement sur la corbeille de cerises. Au 
cri que la jeune fille avait Jete^^; sa mere accourut^, 
una lumiere a la main^^. Quel spectacle"^" s'offrit 
alors a leurs yeux ! Les cerises etaient toutes ecra- 
sees^j un Jus noir coulait^^ de tons cotes le long du 
fauteuiP, et la robe neuve de Sabine, une robe de 
taifetas blanc, en etait tellement endommawe^^ 
qu'elle ne put dorenavant plus servir^l La mere 
voyant cela, reprimanda'^^ severement sa fille. 



106 THE PLUMS. 

'^Tu vois niaintenantj ajouta-t-elle^^, combien il 
est necessaire de ranger sa chambrej et de mettre 
cliaque chose a sa place. Te voila bien punie^^ 
de ta negligence, et de tes habitudes de desordre." 



4. Les Prunes. 

Un Jour M""^ de Hal den etait allee^, avec ses 
quatre enfants, faire visite^ a leur grand-pere, qui 
les regui dans son beau jardin. Le yieillard'^ ap- 
porta sur une feuille de vigne^ quatre prunes, qui 
etaient jaunes^ comme de Tor et aussi grosses que 
des oeufs^. C'etaient les seules'^ qu'il eut trouvees 
mures^. V 

"Je Yous laisse^, leur dit-il en plaisantant^^, le 
soin de chercher^^ vous-memes un moyen de parta- 
ger^^, sans fraction, ces quatre prunes entre^^ cinq 
personnes. 

— Oh ! Je m en charge^'*, repondit Lenore, la plus 
agee des deux filles. Seulement^^, permettez-moi 
de combiner k ma guise^^ les nombres pairs avec 
les impairs^^." 

Alors elle prit^^ les quatre prunes et dit : 

^' Ma soeur, moi et une prune font trois^^ ; mes 



THE JAR OF HONEY. 107 

deux freres et une prune font aussi trois ; deux 
prunes et maman font encore trois^^. De cette 
maniere le partage est exact, et il n y a point de 
fraction." 



^c}iAr\>3i^r 



rv^ 



Les freres et la soeur de Lenore furent encliantes 
de cette repartition^^ Mais M"^^ de Halden, ravie 
de^^ ringenieuse combinaison que sa fiUe venait de 
faire^'^, et surtout^^ de la bonte de coeur quelle 
venait de montrer^^, voulut^^ que chacun de ses 
enfant s acceptat^' une prune. Le grand-pere 
donna, en outre^^, un beau bouquet a Lenore. '^Car, 
dit-il, si ringenieux calcul de ma petite Lenore 
fait beaucoup d'honneur^^ k son esprit, il en fait 
plus encore^^ a son coeur filial." 



5. Le Pot de 3Iiel. 

Un jour la mere de la petite Marguerite etait 
fort occupee dans la cuisine, et elle dit : 

" Mon enfant, va vite me clierclier^ un citronl 
Voil4 la clef du garde-manger^." 

Quand la petite fille se trouva dans le garde- 
manger, elle le parcourut'^ des yeux avec une 
grande curiosite, pour voir s'il n'y avait pas 



108 THE JAR OF HONEY. 

quelque friandise^ dont elle piit^ se regaler secrete- 
. ment. Elle apergut^ bientot sur une planche^ Tin 
vase oil elle savait^ qu'il se trouvait du miel. Alors 
elle se Mssa^^ sur la pointe des j)i^ds aussi haut 
qii elle put, pour atteindre^^ le pot et y plonger^^ 
le bout du doigt^l 

Mais a peine eut-elle introduit le doigt dans le 
vase qu elle se sentit pincer^^ d'une maniere hor- 
rible. Elle poussa^^ un cri de douleur, retira vive- 
ment^^ la main, et vit attachee a son doigt une 
grosse ecrevisse^'^, qui I'avait saisie^^ avec ses 
pinces^^ et qui ne voulait pas lacher prise^^. 

En effet^^ la mere avait vendu le miel quelques 
Jours auparavant^^, et comme le pot se trouvait 
vide^^, elle j avait depose une quantite d ecrevisses, 
circonstance*^^ qu'elle seule connaissait. 

Au cri de sa fille^^, la mere accourut^^ tout 
effrayee au garde-manger, degagea^^ des pinces de 
I'ecrevisse le doigt meurtri^^ de lenfant, et dit: 

'^ Que cette legere punition te soit^^ un avertisse- 
ment utile. La friandise pourrait avoir pour toi 
des suites^^ bien plus funestes encore. II n'y a 
que trop de gens^^ qui, apres setre habitues a ce 



THE TURNIP. 109 

defaut pendant qn'ils etaient Jeunes, ont depense^ 
leur aro-ent et detruit^ leur sante en se livrant a 
ce mauvais j)encliant^^ 



6, Le Navet. 

Un pauvre journalier^ avait tire^ de son potager^ 
un navet dune grosseur^ extraordinaire, et qui 
faisait^ I'admiration de tout le monde. 

" Je vais le porter au chateau^, dit-il, et en 
f aire liommage" a M. le eomte^, car il aime extreme- 
ment que Ton soigne^ les champs et les jardins/' 

II le porta done au cMteau. Le seigneur^^ le 
loua^^ beaucoup de^^ son zele, le remercia de^^ son 
attention, et lui donna trois pieces d or. 

Un fermier^'^ du menie village, qui etait tres- 
riche, mais en meme temps tres-avare^^, entendit 
parler^^ de ce C|ui s etait passe^^. 

"J'ai un veau^^ superbe, dit-il ; je vais k Tins- 
tant meme^^ le conduife au cliateau. Si M. le 
comte a donne trois j)ieces dor pour un miserable 
navet, combien ne m en donnera-t-il pas pour un 
veau comme le mien \ " 

Aussitot^^, il passa une corde au cou^^ de Tani- 



110 HONESTY BEWABDED, 

mal, le mena au chateau, et pria^^ le seigneur de 
Taccepter. Mais le comte, qui comprenait fort 
bien le mobile^ secret de Tavare, refusa daccepter 
le present. 

Cependant^^, le metayer^^ insista et continua de 
supplier^^ le seigneur de ne pas refuser un si mo- 
deste hommage. Le comte etait un liomme de 
grand sens. 

'' Ell bien, dit-il, puisque^^ vous le voulez abso- 
lument, jaccepte votre cadeau'^^. Mais, comme 
vous etes si genereux envers^^ moi, je ne veux pas 
letre moins envers vous. Aussi'^^, je veux vous 
faire un present qui m'a coute^^ deux fois, et meme 
trois fois autant^^ que la valeur de votre veau." 

Apres avoir acheve ces paroles, il offrit au pay- 
san interdit^^ et consterne le gros navet dont il 
avait entendu parler. 



7. La Probity Hecompensee. 

Dans une petite campagne^ vivait^ naguere^ une 
pauvre famille de bucherons^ ; elle etait composee 
du pere, nomme Jean Morin, de la mere et d'une 
petite fille, seule enfant, A six ans^ la petite 



HOKESTY REWARDED. Ill 

Marie lisait tres-couramment et avait appris^ toutes 
ses prieres ; elle faisait'^ la joie et Tesperance de 
ses parents ; mais le malheur devait^ frapper bien- ^ 
tot cette honnete famille, et detruire^ son avenir 
de bien-etre et de tranquilite. 

Dans le courant du mois de jnin, la mere Morin 
vint k mourir^^, et, deux mois apres, son mari 
succombait^^ aussi, atteint^^ d une pleuresie. 

La 23etite Marie se trouvait done orplieline avant 
I'age de sept ans. Que pouvait devenir^^ cette 
malheureuse enfant, sans apj)ui^^, sans asile ? 
Trop Jeune encore, et troj) faible pour garder les 
bestiaux^^ des fermes, elle dut^^ mendier pour sou- 
tenir sa triste existence. 

On ne saurait^'^ raconter les souffrances de la 
Jeune Marie, les privations^^ de toutes sortes qu elle 
eut a endurer^^ : le froid, la faim, le manque d'abri^^, 
et souvent des paroles dures et brutales^^ 

Au milieu^^ de ces tribulations, Marie, douce et 
resignee, n oublia^'^ jamais d elever son coeur vers 
Dieu, le vrai pere des pauvres. Deux annees 
s ecoulerent^ ainsi. Un matin, en passant sur la 
route de Tours, elle apergut aix bord^^ d un fosse, 



112 HONESTY BEWABDED, 

un portefeuille quelle eut soin^^ de ramasser, avec 
rintention bien arretee^^ de le rendre^^ a celui qui 
' I'avait perdu. Tandis^^ qu'elle reflechissait aux 
rnoyens qu'elle emploieraW^ pour en decouvrir^^ le 
lualtre^ un roulier^^ vint a passer. Marie lui de- 
manda un conseil. Le voiturier^^ ouvrit le porte- 
feuille et reconnut^^, par les lettres qu'il contenait, 
qu il appartenait^^ a M. le marquis de B.... On y 
trouvait, entre autres papiers^-^ quarante mille 
francs en billets de banque^l "II y a la une for- 
tune, dit riionnete roulier k lenfant ; mais nous ne 
devons point desirer le bien d autrui^^, et tu as 
bien fait, mon enfant, de songer^^ a le rendre. 
Viens avec moi a Tours, et tu rendras toi-meme le 
portefeuille." 

"Arrivee^^ a Tours, la jeune iille se rendit^^ avec 
le roulier cbez le marquis et lui presenta le porte- 
feuille. Celui-ci'*^ le reconnut en effet pour celui^^ 
qu'il avait perdu la veille^^ 

'' Voti'e probite merite^^ une recompense, dit-il 
au roulier et k la jeune fille. Vous, pere Simon, 
vous me devez^^ douze cents francs et les interets 
de deux ans ; voici votre quittance^^. Prenez^^, en 



THE OGRE. 113 

outre, ces dix mille francs, et qu'ils vous servent^^ a 
elever vos enfants dans des sentiments aussi hon- 
netes que les votres. 

"Et Yous, reprit-iP^, en sadressant k Marie, 
vous me permettrez^^ de remplacer les parents que 
la mort vous a ravis^^. Je n avals qu'une enfant, 
qui aurait Yotre age^; je Tai perdue; remplacez- 
la ; devenez^^ ma fille d adoption, et benissez^^ la 
memoire de votre pere, qui a su^^ vous inspirer des 
sentiments aussi probes^l'' 



8. L^Ogre. 

Deux petits gargons de la ville s'etaient egares^ 
au fond^ d'une vaste foret. lis furent obliges de 
passer la nuit dans une auberge^ isolee et de mau- 
vaise apparence. 

Vers minuit^ ils entendirent parler^ dans une 
chambre voisine^ de celle oil ils se trouvaient. 
Tous deux appliquerent loreille a la muraille^, 
pour ecouter^ ce quon disait. lis entendirent 
distinctement ces paroles : 

" Femme, tu auras soin^^ d'ecurer le chaudron^^ 



114 THE OOBE. 

demain de bon matin^^, car je veux couper^^ la 
gorge k nos deux petits citadins^^" 

Les pauvres enfants faillirent^^ mourir de peur 
en entendant^^ le maitre de la maison parler de la 
sorte^ et ils se dirent^"^ tout bas^^ I'un k I'autre : 

^' Helas ! cet homme est assurement^^ un ogre." 
En disant ces mots, ils s'approcherent^^ de la fe- 
netre et sauterent^^ dans la cour pour se sauver^l 
Malheur eusement, ils trouverent la porte fermee. 

N'ayant aucun moyen d'echapper, ils se glis- 
serent^^ dans le trou aux porcs^, et y passerent le 
reste de la nuit dans une anxiete impossible k de- 
crire^^. Aux premieres lueurs du matin'^^, le maitre 
de la maison entra dans la cour, ouvrit le trou aux 
pores, se mit^^ k aiguiser son couteau, et s'ecria : 

^^Allons^^, mes petits gargons, sortez^^ de la, car 
votre derniere heure est venue ! " 

Les deux enfants pousserent^^un cri lamentable, 
et supplierent^^ k deux genoux Thonime de ne pas 
leur oter la vie^^. Fort etonne^^ de les trouver 
dans Tetable k porcs'^^, celui-ci leur demanda s'ils 
le prenaient^^ pour un ogre. 

Les petits gargons lui repondirent ; 



THE BEGGAR. 115 

"N'avez-vous pas dit vous-meme, cette nuit, k 
votre femme, que vous nous couperiez la gorge ce 
matin ? " 

Alors Taubergiste^^ s'ecria : 

^^Oh! ]es petits insenses^^ que vous etes! Ce 
n'est pas a vous que je pensais^. Je voulais par- 
ler^^ de mes deux cochons de lait^^, que J appelais, 
par badinage^^, mes deux petits citadins, parce que 
c est dans la ville que Je les ai achetes. Mais 
voil& ce qui arrive^^ quand on ecoute aux portes 
ou aux murailles. On comprend mal^ certaines 
choses, certaines autres nous suggerent^ de faux 
soupQons ; on se cree^ de vaines inquietudes et 
des craintes chimeriques^^, et Ton s'attire souvent 
des chagrins^'^ qui n'ont pas de cause. 



9. La Mendiante. 

Dans un temps de famine^ par une rude et 
froide saison d'Mver*^, une j)auvre f emme inconnue^ 
etait entree dans le village, et allait de porte en 
porte^ deraander Taumone^ Ses vetements etaient 
propres^, mais tout uses et rapieces"^ en divers en- 
droits^. Comme la neige tombait en abgndance, et 



116 THE BEGGAR, 

que le vent soufflait^ avec force, elle avait serre^^ 
autour de sa tete un mouchoir, qui iie laissait 
k decouvert^^ qu une partie du visage. Elle te- 
nait^^ a la main droite^^ un baton, et au bras 
gauche^^ elle port ait un panier. 

Dans la plupart^^ des maisons on ne lui donnait^^ 
qu'une miserable aumone ; encore^'^ la lui passait- 
on^^ simplement par la f enetre ; il se trouva meme 
quelques gens riches qui la renvoyerent^^ avec 
durete. Un seul villageois^^, Tun des moins aises% 
la fit entrer^^ dans sa chambre, ou regnait^^ une 
douce chaleur, et sa femme, qui venait de cuire^^ 
un gateau, en donna un gros morceau a la pauvre 
mendiante. 

Le lendemain , tons les gens h la porte desquels 
Tetrangere etait venue^^ demander Taumone, f urent 
invites^^ k souper au chateau d'un seigneur fort 
riche, qui habitait^^ le village. lis ne s attendaient 
guere^^ a cet honneur. Et ce fut pour eux un 
sujet^^de grand etonnement. Lorsqu'ils entrerent 
dans la salle k manger, ils y virent^^ deux tables, 
dont Tune etait chargee de mets delicats^^ et choi- 
sis ; Tautre, beaucoup plus grande, etait couverte^"' 



33 



THE BEGGAR 117 

d'une quantite d'assiettes, siir lesquelles se trou- 
vaient seulement, soit^ un petit morceau de pain 
moisP, soit^^ une couple de pommes de terre, soit 
une poignee de son^^ ; sur quelques-unes meme il 
li'y avait rien du tout^. 

Alors la dame du chateau leur dit : 
" Cette mendiante deguisee^^ qui s'est presentee 
hier a votre porte, c'etait moi. 

" Dans le temps de detresse^ ou nous sommes, 
et oil le pauvre a tant de peine^^ a trouver de quoi 
vivre^^, J ai voulu mettre k 1 epreuve^ votre bien- 
faisance. Les deux braves gens que voici^^ m ont 
permis^ de me recliauffer^^ k leur foyer^ et m'ont 
nourrie^^ aussi bien qu'ils I'ont pu. C est pour- 
quoi^ ils souperont aujourd'hui avec moi^ et je 
leur ferai une pension^^ pour le reste de leurs 
jours. Quant^^ a vous autres, regalez-vous des 
aumones que vous m'avez faites ; vous les trouve- 
rez la, sur ces assiettes. Que ce qui vous arrive 
aujourd'liui soit^^ pour vous une utile legon, et 
reflecliissez qu'il vous sera fait^'^, dans I'autre 
monde, selon^ ce que vous aurez fait, dans celui- 
ci, a votre prochain^^*" 



118 THE GBA88H0FPER AND THE ANT. 

10. La Cigale et la Four mi. 

La cigale ayant chante 

Tout Tete, 
Se trouva fort depourvae 
Quand la bise^ fut venue : 
Pas un seul petit morceau 
De mouche^'^ ou de vermisseau^c 
Elle alia crier famine^ 
Chez la fourmi, sa voisine, 
La priant de lui preter 
Quelque grain pour subsister 
Jusqu'^ la saison nouvelle. 
Je vous pairai^, lui dit-elle, 
Avant Taouf^, foi d'animaP, 
Interet et principal. 
La fourmi n'est pas pretense^, 
C'est Ik son moindre defaut^^. 
Que faisiez-vous au temps cliaud ? 
Dit-elle k cette emprunteuse^^ 
Nuit et jour, k tout venant^^, 
Je chantais, ne vous deplaise^l 
Yous chantiez ! j en suis fort aise^^ 
Ell bien ! dansez maintenant. 



PART THIED, 



CONTAINING 

A CORRECT ENGLISH YERSIOK OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES 
IN PART FIRST AND PART SECOND. 



A CORRECT ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FRENCH EXER- 
CISES IN PART FIRST AND PART SECOND. 

2. Charles and Mary. (Page 20.) 

Who lias Mary's thimble ? — Charles has Mary's thimble. — Where 
is Charles? — Charles is here. — Where is Charles's key? — Charles's 
key is there. — The thimble and the key. 

4, Tapa and Mamma, (Page 21.) 

I see papa and mamma on the sofa. — Here are Charles and Mary. — 
There is Charles's key on the table. — Where is the chair? — The chair 
is under the table. — Who is there ? — It is Ann or Eliza. 

7. The Father^ Mother, and Child. (Page 22.) 

I see a man, a woman, and a child. — The child has an orange. — The 
man is the father of the child. — The woman is the mother of the 
child. — The woman is at the door of the house. — There is a bench 
under the tree. — I see a garden yonder. 

9. The Garden Gate. (Page 23.) 

I see the gate of the garden. — The man has the key of the garden. — 
He is going to the garden. — There is the child at the bench. — Has he 
an orange ? — The woman has a satchel in her hand. — Where is she 
going ? — She is going into the house. 

12. Henrifs Boat. (Page 24.) 

I have a brother and a sister. — My brother's name is Henry. — My 
sister's name is Julia. — Henry has a boat ; Julia has a doll. — Henry's 
boat is in the water. — Does it go well ? — It goes very well. 

14. My Uncle and Aunt, (Page 25.) 

I see your father and mother yonder. — Your father is my uncle.^ 
Your mother is my aunt. — I am your cousin. — Julia is my cousin. — 
There is Henry at the water ; is he playing with his boat ? — Does Julia 
play with her doll ? — I am going home. — That is well. 



122 AN ENGLISH VERSION 

17. The Dog Turco. (Page 26.) 
I see a large dog ; it is a good dog. — It is called Turco. — There is a 
large cow ; it is a good cow. — Julia lias a kitten. — Her kitten is very 
pretty. — Julia is my little cousin. — I have a good little horse. — My 
little horse goes very well. 

19. The Friends. (Page 27.) 
I see a boy and a girl. — He is a very good boy. — He is my friend. — 
His sister is a good girl. — She is my sister's friend. — What have you ? 
— I have my little boat. — Where are you going ? — I am going to the 
water with Turco. 

22. The Walh. (Page 28.) 
I am going for a walk with my uncle. — Do you know that gentle- 
man ? — Yes, uncle ; that is Mr. Lambert. — That lady is his wife. — That 
young lady is his daughter. — That child is his son Henry. — Henry, 
are you my friend ? 

24. The Uncle and the Little One. (Page 29.) 
Are you tired, Mary ? — No, uncle ; I am not tired. — Where is your 
friend Anne ? — I do not see her. — She is not here ; she is sick. — Do 
you know that man ? — Yes, I know him well. — Where is your bag, 
my dear child ? — I have it ; here it is. 

27. The Nursery. (Page 30.) 
Where are you ? — We are in the nursery. — Where are the books ; 
have you them ? — They are here ; I have them. — The pens are on the 
table, with the copy-books. — We have written. — They have read very 
well. 

29. Studying. (Page 31.) 
The children are studying. — I have lost my pencils. — Your brother 
has found your pencils. — Eliza has not brought her books. — My 
friends, I saw your uncle and cousins. — Anne saw our uncle and 
cousins. — Do you know the lesson ? — I do not know it well. — These 
children do not know their lessons. 

32. To School. (Page 32.) 
What day is to-day ? — To-day is Monday. — It is nine o'clock. — I am 
going to school. — What books have you there? — They are my books 
■ — What lessons have we ? 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 123 

34:. The Days of the Week. (Page 38.) 

How many days, are tliere in a week ? — There are seven days in a 
week. — On Sunday I go to church. — On Monday I go to school. — On 
Tuesday I take a music lesson. — On Wednesday I go to see my aunt. — 
On Thursday I receive my friends. — On Friday I go out with mamma. 
— On Saturday I go to walk with papa. 

37. In the rarlor. (Page 34.) 

Good day, Mr. Lambert ; I saw you this morning. — Good day, Mary. 
Where did you see me ? — I saw you in Bridge street. — I went shop* 
ping with my uncle. — I know it. — He bought you something ; did he 
not ? — Who told you that ? — You told it to the children, and they 
told me. 

39. The rresenf. (Page 35.) 

Charles, uncle made me a present. — He bought you a ring. — Eliza 
told me so. — You must not say anything to Henrietta. — He did not 
buy anything for her. — For whom did he buy the pretty pencil-case ? 
— I believe that he bought it for your brother. — There he is, and your 
sister Ann, too. — I am going to speak to them.— You must speak 
French. 

42. At BreaJcfast. (Page 36.) 

Good morning, papa and mamma; I am hungry. — So am I, mamma; 
I am hungry and thirsty. — There is bread and butter, my children. — 
Will you have some meat, Charles ? — No, mamma; I thank you. — Do 
you drink milk, Mary ? — No, mamma ; water, if you please. — I do 
not like milk. 

44. After the Meal. (Page 37.) 

I have breakfasted well.— What did you eat ?— I ate bread and 
meat. — I drank water. — We had some eggs. — Little Henry ate an egg. 
— Did you have any fruit? — We had oranges. — I like oranges. 

47. At a Ticnic. (Page 38 ) 

We will take lunch here under the trees. — I brought some good 
cake and jelly. — Charles brought apples and pears. — I have no knife. 
Where are the forks ? — We did not bring any forks. — Who has the 
glasses and cups ? — Mary has them in her basket. 



124 AN ENGLISH VERSICN 

49. At tJie Banquet. (Page 39.) 

Will you have a piece of cake and some jelly 1. — Yes ; but I have 
no glass. — There are cups on the bench. — I have drunk a cup of good 
milk. — Are you going for water ? — I have been to the brook for water. 
— Have we sugar and lemons ? — Yes ; but we have no spoons. — I beg 
your pardon ; we have some small spoons. 

52. The Dance on the Sward. (Page 40.) 

We are going to dance on the grass, — Come, Caroline, will you 
dance with me ? — There is my cousin. I am going to dance with him. 
— She will not dance with you. — I have often danced with her. — We 
will play ball. — Come ; will you play with us ? — I am going to play 
with them. 

54. The Return. (Page 41.) 

We are going to return home. — I am going to my house. — You are 
going to your house ; are you not ? — Henry is going to his house, and 
Julius is going with him. — Julia is going to her aunt's ; her mother is 
there. — You are going home ; that is well. — We are going with you. 
— Our friends are going too. 

57. At Work. (Page 42.) 

What are you making ? — I am making something pretty. — T want 
some black thread ; have you any ? — I have some ; there is some in 
my bag. — There is some black and some white. — Is there silk thread ? 
- — There is some silk and some cotton. 

59. The Canary-Birds. (Page 43.) 

Is there a canary-bird in that cage ? — There are two. — My aunt likes 
birds ; she has five. — She is up-stairs, in her room. — My mother is there 
too. — Are your sisters there ? — No ; they are not there. — Julia is down- 
stairs, and Mary is out. — Is there anybody in the parlor ?— No ; there 
is nobody there. 

62. Tinder the Trees. (Page 44.) 

Charles, are you older than your cousin ? — No ; I am younger than 
he. — But he is as tall as I. — How old are you ? — I am nine years old, 
and my cousin is ten. — Are you as strong as he ? — Oh, yes ; he is not 
so strong as I. 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 125 

64. TheHace. (Page 45.) 

Can you run as fast as he ? — I can run faster than he. — Are you as 
far advanced in your studies ? — No ; he is farther advanced than I 
am. — Why is he farther advanced than you ? — Because he studies 
more than I. — Do you not study much ? — Yes ; but not so much as 
Charles does. 

67* Mine and Thine. (Page 46.) 

To whom does this handkerchief belong ? — It belongs to me. — T beg 
your pardon ; it is mine. Julia has taken yours. — There is hers upon 
the chair. — You have my parasol ; Ann has yours. — She left hers up- 
stairs. — To whom do these gloves belong ? — I believe that they are 
mine. 

69. The New Clothes. (Page 47.) 

Your new bonnet is beautiful. — It is more beautiful than mine. — 
That new coat is fine ; it is a very fine coat. — Her new dress is as 
beautiful as yours. — There are some fine silk cravats. — To whom do 
these old shoes belong ? — Your old boots are down-stairs with ours. — 
They have a handsome house. — Yours is as handsome as theirs. 

72. The Choice. (Page 48.) 

My bonnet is new ; Julia's is old. — Which one is the best ? — My 
dress is silk ; Mary's is woolen. — Which one do you like best ? — Here 
are cotton stockings, and there are woolen stockings. — Which ones 
will you have, the cotton ones, or the woolen ones ? — Here are my 
rings, and there are Mary's. — Which ones do you think are the pret- 
tiest ? 

74:. These and Tliose. (Page 49.) 

This coat belongs to me ; that one belongs to Julius. — I like this 
one better than that one. This dress is silk ; that one is woolen. — I 
like this one better than that one. — These stockings are cotton ; those 
are woolen. — These are better than those. — These cups are prettier 
than tliose. — I like these better than those. 

77. The Salutation. (Page 50.) 

Do you know the lady who bowed to us ? — She is the same lady 
whom you have seen at our house. — She is the one whose child died 
a few days ago. — There is a gentleman who bows to everybody. — That 



126 AN ENGLISH VERSION 

is a gentleman wliom I see every day. — He is tlie one of wliom my 
father lias spoken at table. — He has several daughters, all of vrhom 
I know. — I see them every time that I go to see my aunt. 

79. An Acquaintance. (Page 51.) 

There is a gentleman who often comes to see us. — He is an acquaint- 
ance of my uncle.— I have seen him at my uncle's when I have gone 
there.— They came from Paris together.— They arrived here a few 
weeks ago.— My parents have left for the country.— My sisters have 
gone out ; Charles is at home alone. — I remained at home all the 
morning. 

82. The Visit. (Page 52.) 

The bell rang and nobody has opened the door. — I beg your pardon ; 
the girl has gone. — They ask for somebody who does not live here. — 
I know the person whose address they ask for. — No scholar knew 
how to answer this question. — They asked every one ; all the class 
missed it. — I know all ; they have told me everything. 

84=. On Horseback and in a Carriage. (Page 53.) 

Our neighbors have been in Paris. — They resided there for a long 
time. — Their children speak French as well as you do. — They have 
lived here for a few months. — They drive out every day. — We have 
lived here a long time. — My cousins are coming here this afternoon. 
— They are coming on horseback, and are going to stay until to-mor- 
row. 

87. Sunrise. (Page 54.) 

I rise at sunrise. — Henry goes to bed early, and rises late. — He is 
still in bed ; he sleeps till eight o'clock. — Julius is up, but he is not- 
dressed yet. — Charles has washed himself; he is dressing now. — My 
father is up and has gone out long since. — He is soon going to come 
in to breakfast. 

89. The Departure. (Page 55.) 

I must remain here ; it is too cold to go out. — I rose this morning 
before six o'clock. — I washed myself and came down immediately. — 
'My sister was already in the parlor. — She was to leave after break- 
fast. — The carriage was before the door. — It was so cold, and she had 
a sore throat. — I had toothache, — My mother had a headache. 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 127 

92. On the Ice. (Page 56.) 

Yesterday, we had a pleasant time ; we were on the ice.— Our 
friends were there with us. — They had their skates ; they were skat- 
ing. — You passed us ; you were in a sleigh. — You were going well ; 
you had good horses. — We went along at a good rate, but we were 
cold. — We were warm ; we were running continually. — We amused 
ourselves well. 

94. The Weather^ (^2.gQ 57.) 

It is bad weather ; it rains. — Yesterday it was cold ; it froze. — Last 
night it snowed.— This morning the sidewalks were covered with 
snow. — I like snow better than rain. — Do you know what makes that 
noise ? — Yes ; it is the wind in the chimney. — You must not tell 
Charles what I told you. 

96. Mammals Birthday. (Page 58.) 

I shall have a pleasant time to-morrow ; it will be mamma's birth- 
day. — I will make a large nosegay which I will present to her. — I 
shall carry it to her room when she has risen. — She will be well 
pleased when she sees me. — And I shall be happy when I see her 
smile. — 1 shall not go to school ; I shall stay at home. — I shall receive 
my friends ; you will be among them. — You will come to see me 
with your parents. 

99. The Evening Party. (Page 59.) 

We shall have company at our house in the evening. — All our friends 
will be there, and we shall dance. — We shall amuse ourselves all the 
evening. — My cousins will come there with their parents. — You will 
see them ; you will make their acquaintance. — They will congratulate 
.mamma; they will gladden her heart. — She will be adorned with 
jewels and-flowers.— And as for me, I shall be as happy as I can be. 

102. The Governess. (Page 60.) 

Henry, go for your book and come and say your lesson. — Do your 
task before you go to play. — Mary, go and find Charles, if you please. 
—Tell him that some one is asking for him. — Do not tell him that it 
is I. — Do me the pleasure to make haste. — Do not make me wait, I 
pray you. — Pay attention to what I say. — Listen to me attentively, and 
keep still. — Take care of all my things, will you? — See that no one 
touches them. — Let us be rea.=!onable; and obey our governess^ 



128 ^^ ENGLISH VERSION 

104. Charles and Mary— Continued. (Page 63.) 

Where are Charles and Mary ? — They are there, at the table. — What 
is on the table? — It is Charles's key. — What has Charles on his fin- 
ger ? — He has Mary's thimble on his finger. — Whom do you see on the 
sofa ? — I see papa and mamma on the sofa. — What is that against 
the wall ? — It is a small picture. — What is in the middle of the 
room ? — There is a table in the middle of the room. 

106, The Father f Mother ^ and Child — Continued. (Page 64.) 

What is there near the bench, under that tree ? — There is a child, 
who has an orange in its hand. — Who is that man, who is going yon- 
der ? — Hjg is the child's father ; he is going to the garden. — Is the 
garden-gate open ? — No ; but he has the key ; he is going to open it. — 
And who is that woman there ? — She is the man's wife, and the child's 
mother. — Where is she going with her satchel ? — She is going to carry 
her satchel into the house. —What is there next to the door of the 
house ? — There is a little window next to the door. 

lOS. Henry^s Boat— Continued. (Page 65.) 

Who are those children ? — They are my brother and sister. — What 
are their names ?— My brother's name is Henry, and my sister's name 
is Julia. — What is Henry holding in his hand? — It is a rope, which 
is attached to his boat. — And what is Julia holding on her knees ? — 
She is holding a doll on her knees. — What is she doing with her doll? 
— She is playing with it, and is looking at Henry's boat. — Whom do 
you see over there, on the bridge?— My father and mother, who are 
coming this way. 

110, The Dog Tiireo — Continued. (Page 66.) 

There is a beautiful dog, what is his name I — That is my uncle's 
dog ; his name is Turco. — To whom does that beautiful cow belong ? 
— That cow belongs to my aunt. — What is Julia holding in her arms ? 
— It is a kitten which my aunt gave her. — There is a pretty little 
horse ; to w^hom does it belong ? — That is my horse ; I ride upon it 
every day. — Do you know that little boy and girl yonder ? — Yes ; the 
boy is my friend ; he comes to see me. — The little girl is his sister ; 
she comes to play with Julia. — We will go to the water with my little 
boat. 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES, 129 

112. The Walh— Continued. (Page 67.) 

It is fine weatlier this morning ; let us go for a walk. — Let us turn 
towards tlie boulevards. — There is a gentleman and lady whom you 
know. — They are our neighbors with their children. — There are many 
people before that store. — We will go in and see what they sell there. 
— What is in those pretty boxes ? — There are pocket-handkerchiefs 
in them. — There is a handsome fan ; what is the price of it ? — This 
fan is worth three dollars with the box. — If you like it, Mary, I will 
buy it for you. — You are very kind, uncle ; I thank you very much. 

114. The Nursery— Continued. (Page 68.) 

We have finished our tasks for to-morrow. — Will you tell us a 
story? — I must first see what you have done. — I have made a drawing ; 
here it is. — A horse ; that is well done ; I am pleased with it. — And 
you, Mary, have you written your page ? — I have finished, but I have 
not succeeded well. — The ink is not good ; it is too thick. — You must 
try to do better next time. — Anne, have you studied your lesson? — 
Yes ma'am, I know it by heart. — Then I shall read you a pretty 
story. 

116. To School— Continued. (Page 69.) 

At what time do you go to school ? — I go at nine o'clock in the 
morning. — At what time do you come home ? — I come home at two 
o'clock in the afternoon. — Are you occupied all the time you are 
there ? — We have half an hour recess at noon. — How many scholars 
are there in your class ? — I believe there are fifteen. — On what days 
do you take your music lesson ? — I take it Mondays and Thursdays. — 
What do you do Saturdays ? — I go out with my father, or I go to see 
my friends. 

118^ In the JParlor — Continued. (Page 70.) 

This is Thursday, Mary, your reception- day. — Mr. Lambert, I am 
glad to see you. — How is Mr. Lambert ? — My health is good. Miss ; 
how is yours? — Thank you, sir, I am well ; and Mrs. Lambert? — She 
is indisposed ; she will not be here. — Did Louisa remain with her 
mother ? — I beg your pardon ; she will come with her brother. — I met 
you yesterday, you and your uncle. — I saw you, but not until you 
had passed. — We were going shopping. — My uncle was so kind as to 
buy me a fan. 



130 AW ENGLISH VERSION 

120. At Breakfast— Continued. (Page 71.) 

Has tlie breakfast bell rung ? — It has just rung, and I am not yet 
dressed. — Well then, make haste ; I am very hungry. — Do not wait 
for me ; go down ; I will follow you. — Good morning, mamma ; we 
are a little late. — It is my fault ; I rose a little too late. — Do you 
take coffee, niece ? — Thank you, aunt, I take tea.^ — Will you have 
meat or fish ? — I will eat a little fish. — And you, Pauline, what will 
you have ? — I will take an egg, mamma, and a cup of milk. 

122, At a JPicnic — Continued, (Page 72.) 

Oh, how nice it is here under the trees ! — Let us sit down on this 
bench and take lunch. — Put your basket near the tree and unpack it. 
— Here are cakes and all kinds of good things. — Hand round the nap- 
kins, and take the glasses out of the basket. — Put them on the grass, 
here before us. — Pour out some lemonade, and give me a glass of it. — 
Let us go to the brook for water. — The water from the brook is cool 
and good. — Carve the chicken and pass the plates. — We have for- 
gotten the forks ; there are none. — That is nothing ; let us use our 
fingers. 

124. The Dance on the Stvard— Continued. (Page 73.) 

If we could dance, that would be charming. — I thought of that ; I 
brought my violin. — Let us dance a quadrille here in the shade. — 
Gentlemen, choose partners ; take your places. — You two, place your- 
selves opposite Henry and Mary. — How so, Frederick, are you to be 
master of ceremonies ? — Why not ? some one must be. — But do you 
know how to call off the figures ? — Undoubtedly ; I learned that at 
dancing-school. — For instance: "Forward two," *' Chassez." — ''Bal- 
ance," and so forth. — Here we are ; that will do ; let us begin. 

126. At Work — Continued. (Page 74.) 

How is the work progressing ? does it advance ? — It is advancing 
rapidly ; I shall finish it to-morrow. — I have still a few flowers to 
work. — I shall need silk of different colors. — Will you buy me a few 
skeins ? — There are several spools of silk in your box. — They are not 
the shades which I want. — I don't know what I have done with my 
scissors. — There are your scissors in your work-box. — Are there more 
needles like this one ? — There are needles and pins in that drawer. — ■ 
Will you hand me that penknife, if you please ? 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 131 

128. Under the Trees— Continued. (Page 75.) 

Do you see the two boys who are ruuniDg yonder ? — I see thera run ; 
they are my cousins. — John runs the faster, and he is the younger. 
— What is the difference in their ages ? — Charles is ten years, and 
John is nine. — Charles is not strong, he is often sick. — That is why 
he does not go to school at present. — He is not so far advanced as his 
brother. — Because he cannot study much. — He has had sore eyes for 
a long time. — They are going to the woods ; shall we follow them ? — 
I believe it is time to return home. 

130» Mine and Thine — Continued. (Page 76.) 

Do you know where my umbrella is, Charles ? — Yes, yours and 
mine are at school. — Eliza will not need hers ; take it. — Here is a les- 
son which I think is very difficult. — Mine is as difficult as yours. — 
Every scholar thinks his is difficult. — Where are my overshoes ; do 
you know? — Yours and mine are down-stairs. — The servant carried 
them aw^ay to clean them. — Tell her to bring them to us immediately. 
— We want them ; w^e are going out. — We are going to call upon our 
friends. 

132. The Choiee— Continued. (Page 77.) 

Look at the pretty things, the necklaces and the crosses. — Look, 
examine, and take your choice. — Here is a gold cross, and there is a 
chain. — I will take both ; those things gO' together. — You are right to 
choose as you do. — And which of these two bonnets do you like best ? 
— I like the one with the blue ribbons better than the other. — Which 
of these ribbons do you think are the prettiest ? — I think these are 
prettier than those. — Tell me which watch is the best ? — The gold 
one is better than the silver one. — We think alike ; I am glad of it. 

134:» The Salutation — Continued. (Page 78.) 

Who is that lady to whom you just bowed? — She is a relative of 
ours ; she lives near here. — She is the one whose little girl died the 
other day. — You knew her ; she used to go to our school. — We used 
to call her " Little Close the Eye." — Because she looked as if she 
was asleep w^ien she was reading. — She was a good girl whom every- 
body liked. — When did your aunt return from the country ? — She 
arrived in town last night. — My cousin Charles came back to town 
with her. — My cousins remained in the country. — Do not forget to tell 
Charles to call on me. 



132 AN ENGLISH VERSION 

136. The Visit— Continued. (Page 79.) 

Pid you hear the bell ring? — Mary has gone to open the door.— 
It is a gentleman who asks for your father. — Show him into the parlor, 
and ask him to be seated. — I believe your father is out. — No matter. 
Did he give you his card ? — Here it is. His name is Mr. La Borde. — He 
is a man with white hair, who looks like a physician. — It is the old 
gentleman whom my father expected. — You will have to tell him that 
papa is not in. — Ask him to have the kindness to call again to-morrow. 
— Tell him that papa is always at home at noon. 

138. Sunrise — Continued. (Page 80.) 

This morning I rose before sunrise. — From my window I saw the 
sun rise. — I washed and dressed myself. — Then I came down to break- 
fast. — My mother and sister were in the dining-room. — Breakfast was 
on the table ; we were in a hurry. — My mother and sister were going 
to start. — After breakfast they left in a carriage. — My mother has 
gone to take my sister to L. . . . — My sister is to enter a boarding- 
school -there. — She is going to stay there for two or three years. — 
When she returns, she will speak French. 

14:0, On the Ice — Continued. (Page 81.) 

Henry, which season do you like best ? — Winter, because then we 
go skating. — And when there is snow on the ground we go sleigh- 
riding. — I do not like winter ; I like summer better. — In summer we 
are in the country, and that is very pleasant. — We do not go to school, 
and we amuse ourselves all the time. — It is too warm in summer ; I 
like autumn better. — In autumn it is not so warm, and you feel better. 
— To me spring is the most beautiful season. — Then the grass shoots 
up anew, the earth grows green again. — The flowers spring up and 
the birds sing. — Everything revives and everything rejoices. 

142. Mainma^s Birthday— Continued. (Page 82.) 

Which day of the year do you like best ?— The tenth of June, the 
anniversary of mamma's birthday. — Then I like the fifteenth of May 
almost as much. — That is the anniversary of papa's birthday. — We 
also celebrate the sixteenth of April.— It is the anniversary of my 
parents' wedding-day. — I like Christmas ; it is our Saviour's birthday. 
—On that day my uncles and aunts dine with us. — And then I like 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 133 

New Year's Day ; it is the day for presents. — Do you not like the 
fourth of July, the national festival ? — I like the day and the fire- 
works which they set off in the evening. — But I do not like the noise 
of the crackers and fire-arms. 

143. 4^ Visit to the Market. (Page 83.) 

Last Saturday I went to the market with my father. I saw there 
all kinds of vegetables and fruits in large quantities. There were 
cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, ears of corn, turnips, carrots, onions, 
beans, and peas. 

There were also heaps of melons, barrels of apples and pears, bags 
of nuts, baskets of peaches and plums, boxes of oranges, lemons, 
figs, dates, and grapes. 

On another side was butchers' meat, : beef, veal, mutton, and lamb. 
Farther on was poultry : turkeys, hens, chickens, geese, ducks, and 
pigeons. 

Around the market were standing wagons and carts, which had 
brought al] these things. 

Everywhere there was a great crowd of people, some of whom 
had come to sell, others to buy. They all talked constantly. The 
noise of voices was truly deafening. 

My father wished to take me to the fish-market, but I begged him 
to take me home again. I was very tired, and so confused that I 
could not have found my way back, if my father had not been with 
me. • 

144. Our Souse. (Page 85.) 

Our house is large and convenient. My father had it built for us a 
few years ago. It has four stories and a basement. Below the base- 
ment is the cellar, where the coal and firewood are kept. In the cel- 
lar is a furnace which heats the w^hole house, by sending hot air into 
all the apartments, through pipes inclosed in the mason work of the 
walls. These pipes, which are of sheet-iron or tin plate, lead to open- 
ings made in the walls of the rooms ; these openings are called regis- 
ters. You can open and shut them as you wish. 

The basement, which is three feet lower than the level of the street, 
contains the kitchen and the pantries, and also a large room for the 
use of the servants. 

On the first floor are the parlor, library, and dining-room. On the 
second floor, in the front of the house, is my parents' room, and in 



134 AJ^ ENGLISH VEESION 

the back, are my room and the nursery. The bath-room is in the 
centre, between the back room and the front room. 

On the third floor there are four sleeping- rooms, and on the fourth, 
there are two, and a large open place, which is called a garret, where 
all kinds of things are put. 

The house has two front doors. One is the basement door. It is 
in the area below the stoop. To reach it you have to go down four 
steps. The other door leads to the first floor. It is reached by means 
of a stone stoop, consisting of eight steps. This door opens into the 
vestibule. A second door gives access to the interior of the house. 
Upon entering the hall you have before you, on the left hand, the 
large staircase which leads to the second story, and on the right, the 
door of the parlor. Going straight on by the hand-rail which bor- 
ders the basement staircase, you reach the dining-room door, having 
on your right a second parlor door, and on your left the servants' 
staircase, which leads up to the second story, and terminates at the 
landing in front of the bath-room. 

The water is carried into all the bedrooms on the second and third 
stories. There are stationary wash-basins of marble, each having 
two faucets, one for cold, and the other for hot water. 

The house is lighted by gas. From the cellar to the garret, wher- 
ever it is necessary, there are gas-pipes, to which are attached chan- 
deliers, tubes, or brackets of metal, with gas-burners. 

There is a yard behind the house, and at the end of the yard are 
the stable and coach-house, which open into a lane, running to a wide 
street which crosses the street in which we live at a short distance 
from our door. 



145. The Parlor. (Page 89.) 

Our parlor is much longer than it is broad. It has two windows 
which look into the street, two doors that communicate with the hall, 
and at the lower end a large sliding-door, through which you enter 
the library. 

The ceiling is very high, and frescoed. The walls are covered with 
paper, the delicate color of which sets off the gilding of the cornices. 
The floor is covered with a carpet for which my father sent to Eng- 
land. 

The furniture, which was renewed last year, has all the gloss of 
freshness. Sofas, arm-chairs, chairs, stools, tables, consoles, etageres, 
gueridons, a large piano, and a few statues, which represent gods 



OF THE FEENCII EXEECISES. ^ I35 

and goddesses of antiquity, all arranged with art and good taste, please 
tlie eye by their variety. 

On the mantlepieces, the consoles, the etageres, and the gueridons, 
are statuettes, vases, and fancy articles. The vrindows are hung with 
silk and lace curtains, and the space between them is covered with a 
mirror which reaches from the ceiling to the floor. The walls are 
adorned with oil paintings, among which are the portraits of my 
father and mother, which are perfect likenesses. 

Two large chandeliers, hanging from the ceiling, stretch forth 
their branches on all sides, and help to form an ensemble which at 
first seems confused, but which is picturesque and very pleasing, par- 
ticularly in the evening, when, the gas being lighted, the numerous 
jets of the chandeliers send forth a flood of light, which dazzles the 
eyes. 

146. The Library. (Page 91.) 

Let us now enter the library by the door which is^at the lower end 
of the parlor. The large bow-window which is opposite the door, 
at the other extremity of the room, looks into the yard. This door 
to the left communicates with the dining-room. 

The large cupboard on the right, which fills the space between the 
wall and the mantlepiece, contains a large number of rare objects, 
which my father has collected during his several visits to Europe. 

On the mantlepiece are two busts and a time-piece. On the other 
side of the mantlepiece, set against the wall, is a secretary, at which 
my father is in the habit of working in the morning. 

Against the wall to the right of the bow-window is an ottoman, 
where my mother often comes to rest herself and to converse with 
my father, when he is seated at his secretary. 

To the left of the bow- window there is a desk, on which is an ink- 
stand. In the drawers of the desk are letter-paper, envelopes, and 
postage-stamps. This is where my mother comes to write her letters. 

The wall on the side toward the dining-room, from the door to the 
corner, is occupied by a large book-case, the shelves of which are 
filled with books. 

Against the wall, over the mantlepiece, is the portrait of my pater- 
nal grandmother, and against the wall above my father's secretary, 
is the portrait of my paternal grandfather. The portraits of my 
grandparents on my mother's side are on the two sides of the bow 
window, one on the right, above the ottoman, the other on the left, 
above the desk. 



136 AN ENGLISH VERSION 

In the middle of tlie room is a table covered with green cloth. 
Some arm-chairs ranged around the table and placed here and there 
against the walls, and a foot-step, which is used to reach the upper 
shelves of the book-case, complete the furniture of what my father 
calls his study. 

147* The Dining-room, (Page 93.) 

The dining-room is next to the library. It has two doors and a 
bow- window, precisely similar to the one in the next room. The 
principal door communicates with the hall ; then there is a side- door 
which opens into the library. 

The following are the objects which first present themselves to the 
eye, on entering by the principal door : in the centre a long dining- 
table, arm-chairs placed to the right and to the left ; two side-tables 
set against the wall on the left side ; farther on, in the corner near the 
window, a sofa ; and in the other corner, opposite the sofa, a table. 
Between the table and the sofa, and in front of the window, is a 
flower-stand, on which there are a great many pots with flowers. 

You notice particularly my mother's favorites, hyacinths, carna- 
tions, geraniums, and roses. The walls are adorned with engravings 
in gilded frames. On the mantlepiece are vases filled with flowers, 
a time-piece, and statuettes of bronze. 

On one side of the principal door is the servants' door, and on the 
other there is a closet, in which everything is kept that is necessary 
for the table ; the plate, dishes of every size, plates, soup-tureens, 
salad-dishes, cruets, salt-stands, coffee-pots, tea-pots, cups and saucers, 
sugar-bowls, butter-dishes, pitchers, milk-pots, spoons, knives and 
forks; finally, the table-linen, table-covers, napkins, and other things, 
which I cannot name. 



148. The Kitchen. (Page 95.) 

We must also pay a visit to the basement. I do not often go in 
that underground place, but to amuse you we shall go and pass in 
review all the kitchen apparatus. 

You will see our stout cook, who reigns with supreme authority 
over the pots and pans. Her stentorian voice is heard in her domain 
as soon as things do not go to her liking. If her assistant, the 
dish-washer, lets grease or ashes fall on the oil-cloth which covers 
the floor, or lets the broom, the pail, the feather- duster, the shovel, 



OF THE FRENCH EXERCISES. 137 

the poker or tongs lie about out of their places, stout Mary, as we call 
her, scolds her, and often gives it to lier over the ears with the dish- 
cloth. 

She wants everything to be in good order and in its place. I must 
also tell you that the work is well done. You will easily notice the 
neatness of the range, with its ovens, and the brightness of all the 
utensils, such as saucepans, stewpans, pipkins, spits, roasting-screens, 
kettles, chafing-dishes, skimmers, and boilers, all disposed in shining 
and polished rows. 

The room adjoining is the wash-room. The washerwoman is there 
now doing the washing. The stationary wash-tubs have taps for cold 
and hot water. The hot water is drawn from the large copper boiler 
which you see in the corner above the sink. The dirty water runs 
off in the sewers underground. 

The ironing is done in the next room. You see through the glass 
windows the smoothing-irons, which are heating. The seamstress 
examines the clean linen which has come in from the washing, and 
puts aside the articles which need mending. But enough of this. Let 
us go up again. 

149. My Boom. (Page 98.) 

Come, Lucy, follow me ; we will go up to my room. We shall be 
able to chat there at our ease, without any one coming to interrupt us. 
Here you are at my home, my dear friend ; this is my bower, where 
I come to meditate and muse during my leisure hours. 

There is my kneeliug-stool, at which I say my prayers, in the morn- 
ing when I rise, and in the evening before I go to bed. The bed in 
which I sleep was bought for me when I came home from my aunt's. 
The bedstead is similar to the one which is in my mother's room ; the 
straw mattress and mattresses are of the best quality ; the sheets are 
of cambric, and the blankets are soft to the touch. The coverlet is of 
eiderdown, the bolster and pillows are of down. After the fatigues 
of the day, I am very glad to rest my head there. 

In the morning when I awake I hear the sparrows chirp, as they 
come to gather up, from the sills of my windows, the crumbs of bread 
which I have crumbled there the day before, for their next morning's 
breakfast. 

I fall asleep as soon as I am in bed ; but sometimes my sleep is 
disturbed by the nightmare. When that happens, I wake up with a 
start. Then I hear the cats mew under my windows, and the dogs 



138 AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FRENCH EXEBCISES 

bark in tlie stable. I cover my head so as not to hear anything, fori 
am afraid when I am alone in the dark. 

Once waked up, I have some difficulty in falling asleep again, es- 
pecially when I hear the mosquitoes buzz around my mosquito-net. 
I do not like these insects, whose sting gives me great pain ; nor the 
flies, which torment me when I am studying. 

There is my rocking-chair near the window. In the afternoon, 
when I have finished my task, I sit down there to watch the birds fly 
about in the yard, and the turtle-doves alight on the roof of the sta- 
ble. I like to see them caress each other and to hear them coo. 

Here is the desk at which I prepare my school-task, and there is the 
chest of drawers in which I put away my things. Mamma is very 
strict ; she does not wish me to leave anything whatever hanging 
upon chairs. She sometimes comes unexpectedly to pay a visit to my 
room, and she would be displeased to see the least thing out of its 
place. 

I will finish showing you my home by opening this closet, which 
contains my wardrobe : dresses, petticoats, linen, boots, shoes, and 
the rest. 



NOTES ON HISTORIETTES (Stories), 

1. Les JPecJies {Ti'ie Peaches). 

1. Un ouvrier, a laborer. 2. la campa^ne, the country. 3. rap- 
portaj brought Iwine, from rapporter, to bring back ; to bring home. 
4. voyaient, saw, from voir, to see. 5. ils en admiraient, they ad- 
mired of them. 6. la fraiclie couleur, the fresh color. 7. le fin du- 
vet, the fine dozen. In. English : they admired their rosy color and 
fine down. 8. le Si)ir, in the evening. 9. dit, said, f rom dire, to say ; 
to tell. 10. s'eerla Paine, exclaimed the eldest. 11. aussi, therefore. 
12. j'en ai gard^le noyau, I have kept the stone [of it). 13. soigneuse- 
ment, carefully. 14. je le planterai, / shall plant it. 15. qu'il en 
sortira, that there will spring up from it 16. que d'etre eeononie, 
to be saving. 17. ^^i^^,\\^qy hV^y^mr^ to think of the future. 18. tout 
de suite, immediately. 19. la moitie de la sienuo, one half of hers. 
20. doux comme le miel, sweet as honey. 21. repondit, answered, from 
repondre, to answer. 22. un pen gourmand, rather greedy. 23. c'est 
pardonnable, it is excusable. 24. les aniiees, the years, for le temps, 
time. 25. te corrigeront, will cure thee. 26. de ce defiiut, of that 
fault. 27. ramasse, picked up. 28. jet6 pir terre, thrown on the 
ground. 29. brise, broken, from briser, to break. 30. une amande, 
a kernel. 31. qui avait le gout d'uue noix, which tasted like a nut. 
32. vendu, sold, from yendre, to sell. 33. j'en ai re^u, I have received 
for it; re(^u, from recevoir, to receive. 34. je puis, I can, from pou- 
voir, to be able. 85. en aclieter, buy (of them). 36. j'irai, / shall 
go, from aller, to go. 37. secoua la tete, shook his head. 38. peut 
paraitre, may appear ; peut, from pouvoir, to be able. 39. j'aimerais 
mieux, I would like better, from aimer mieux, to like better. 40. goii- 
te, tasted. 41. portee, carried. 42. malad3 de la fievre, sick with a 
fever. 43. il ne voulait pas, he ivould not ; voulait, from vouloir, to 
be willing. 44. prendre, to take. 45. posee, laid. 46. lit, bed. 

47. je me suis eloigne, / went away, from s'eloigner, to go aicay. 

48. eh bien ! well ! 49. demanrla, inquired. 50. a fait, has made, 
from faire, to make, to do. 51. embrassa, kissed. 52. des larmes<, 
tear$. 58. dans les yeux, in her eyes, 



140 NOTES ON HIST0EIETTE8, 

2* Les Fraises {The Strawberries). 
1. line jambe de bois, a wooden leg. 2. tombaj from tomber, to 
fall ; tomba malade, was taken dck. 3. subitement, suddenly. 

4. poiivantj from poiiYoir, to he able ; ne pouvant, not being able. 

5. oblige de, obliged to. 6. se concher, lie down. 7. la paille, the 
straw. 8. w\\^ ^X2L\i.%^^ a granary . 9. 'k'^nAxi.^v^^ to be pitied. 10.1a 
petite Agathe, little Agatha. 11 un yannier, a basket-maker. 
12. ressentit,/^^^, fromressentir, ^^/<36^. 13. la compassion la plus 
vive, the greatest compassion. 14. le malheiireiix inyalide, the un- 
fortunate invalid. 1^. ^\\^ii\\2ai\^\(>\r^ shewentto seehim. 16. yingt 
centimes, twenty centimes (four cents of our money). 17. d'uii ton 
fort inquiet, in a very uneasy tone. 18. j'ai iippris, I have heard; 
appris, from apprendre, to learn; to hear. 19. dites-moi done, 
tell me then. 20. j'aimerais mieux mourir de faim, I would rather die 
of hunger. 21. que d'accepter, than accept. 22. que Yous ne pourriez 
me donner en bonne conscience, which you could not give me with a 
clear conscience. 23. soyez sans inquietude, be icithout uneasiness (do 
not be uneasy). 24. lej^itimement, rightfully. 25. acquis, acquired, 
from acquerir, to acquire, to come by. 26. bourg", town. 27. pour y 
arriver, to get there. 28. il me faut, I must, or I have to. 29. oil il 
y a, lohere {here) are. 30. j'en remplis, I fill {with them). 31. panier, 
basket. 32. je vends, / sell, from vendre, to sell. 33. et I'on m'en 
donne, and they give me for them. 34. savent bien, know well, from 
savoir, to know. 35. ne s'y opposent point, are not opposed to it. 
36. des gens, people. 37. nous devons, we should. 38. autant de 
bien, as much good. 39. moyens, means. 40. seiitit, felt, from 
sentir, to feel. 41. des larmes d'attendrissement, tears of emotion. 
42. rouler de ses yeux, drop from his eyes. 43. mouiller ses 
moustaches, moisten his moustache. 44. que le bon Dieu yous re- 
compense, may the good God reward you. 



3^ Les Cerises {The Cherries). 
1. Qui s'appelait Sabine, loho was called Sahina. 2. dont les 
parents, whose parents. 3. une cbambre meublee, a, room furnished. 



NOTES ON HISTOEIETTES. 141 

4. d'lin aspect desagreable, unpleasant to look at. 5. a cause du 
desordre, on account of the disorder. 6. qui y regnait, icliich pre- 
vailed in it. 7. rangeait, put in order, from ranger, to arrange, to 
put in order. 8. a cet egard, in regard to it. 9. infructueuses, 
fruitless. 10. aclievait sa toilette, icas finishing her toilet. 11. une 
corbeille remplie de, a basket filled with, 12. cerises noires, Uack 
cherries. 13. commode, bureau. 14. tablettes des fenetres, windoic- 
sills. 15. encombrfces de yetements, covered with clothing. 16. pro- 
visoiremeut, for the time. 17. faiiteuil garni de, arin-cliair covered 
with. 18. quand I'obscurite fut venue, when darkness had come ; in 
lE^ng\isli,ichen it had grown dark. 19. an^^itotj immediately. 20. elle 
se jeta, she threw herself. 21. a peine j eut-elle pris place, scarcely 
had she taken her seat. 22. qu'ell^ se releva brusquement, when she 
suddenly arose. 23. cri d'effroi, cry of horror. 24. arait jete, had . 
uttered. 25. ^Q,(to\\v\i\^hu7n^iedup. 26. une lumiere a la main, ^c^Y^ 
a light in her hand. 27. quel spectacle, what a sight. 28. ecrasees, 
crushed. 29. nn jus noir coulait, a Uack juice ran. 30. de tous 
cotes le long du fauteuil, on all sides down the arm-chair, 31. tene- 
ment endommagfce, so much damaged. 32. qu'elle ne put plus 
servir, that it could ', ot he used any more. 33. r^^primanda, scolded. 
34. 2i]o\ii2L't'QW^f she added. 35. te Toila bien punie de, ?i^2^^(?i^a?'6 
well punished for. 



4. Les Prunes {The Plums), 

1. ;^tait allee, icent. 2. faire yisite a, to call on. 3. le yieillard, 

the old gentleman. 4. une feuille de yigne, a grape-vine leaf. 
5. jaunes, yellow. 6. aussi grosses que des oeufs, as large as eggs. 
7. les seules, the only ones. 8. qu'il eut trouvees mures, which he 
had found ripe. 9. je yous laisse, / leare you. 10. en plaisantant, 
jokingly. 11. (t)i^Y(t\\^Y^ to seek ; to find. 12. partager, fo (Z^Vz,*^. 13. 
entre, among. 14. je m'en charge, I undertake {to do) it. 15. seule- 
ment, only. 16. de combiner a ma guise, to combine in my way. 

17. les nombres pairs ayec les impairs, the even and odd numbers. 

18. elle prit, she took, from prendre, to take. 19. font trois, are 



142 NOTES ON HI8T0BIETTE8, 

three. 20. font encore trois, are three again. 21. repartition^ divi- 
don. 22. ravie de, delighted with. 23. venait de faire^ had just 
made. 24. surtout, especially. 25. venait de niontrer, had shown. 
26. Youlut que, wished that. 27. acceptat, should accept. 28. en 
outre, besides. 29. fait beauconp d'honneur a son esprit, does much 
honor to her mind. 30. il en fait plus encore, it does still more. 



5. Le Pot de Miel {The Jar of Honey). 

1. Ya vite nie cliercher, go quickly and bring me. 2. un citron, a 
lemon. 3. garde-man g-er, pantry. 4. parcourut des yeux, she 
looked all around, from parcourir, to run over, to wander over. 
5. friandise, dainty. 6. dont elle put, imth ichich she might. 
7. aper^ut, perceived. 8. planclie, shelf. 9. elle savait, she knew. 
10. se liissa, raised herself iip. 11. pour atteindre, to reach. 12. y 
plong'er, to dip in it. 13. le bout du doigt, the tip of her finger. 
14. pincer, nipped. 15. poussa un cri, uttered a cry. 16. retira 
vivement, withdrew quickly. 17. une grosse ecrevisso, a large crab. 
18. saisie, seized. 19. pinces, claws. 20. lacker prise, release its 
hold. 21. en effet, indeed. 22. auparavant, before. 23. vide, empty. 
24. circonstance, a circumstance. 25. au cri de sa fille, at the cry of 
her daughter. 26. accourut, ran. 27. degagea, freed. 28. le doigt 
meurtri, the bruised finger. 29. te soit un avertissement, be a lesson 
to thee. 30. des suites bien plus funestes encore, still far more fated 
consequences. 31. gens, people. 32. de})ense, spent. 33. detruit, 
destroyed. 34. en se livrant a ce niauvais penchant, by yielding to 
this bad habit. 



6, Le Navet {The Turnip), 

1. journalier, day-laborer. 2. tire de, taken out of. 3. potager, 
kitchen-garden. 4. grosseur, size. 5. faisait, was. 6. chateau, 
castle. 7. en faire hommage, present it. 8. a M. le comte, to the count. 
9. que I'on soigne, that people should attend. The sentence is 
rendered in English : he likes very much to have t\e fields and gardens 



NOTES ON HISTORIETTES, 143 

■well attended to. 10. le seigneur, thelord. 11. loiia, praised. 12. de, 
for. 13. ferinier, farmer. 14. avare, miserly. 15. entendit parler 
de, heard. 16. ce qui s'fctait passe, what had happened. 17. vean, 
calf. 18. a I'instant meme, this mry instant. 19. aussitot, imme- 
diately. 20. 2L\\ Q>o\\ J round the neck. 21. et pria, a?i(i 6^^^^d 22. le 
mobile secret, the secret motive. 23. cependant, however. 24. me- 
tayer, farmer. 25. de supplier, to supplicate. 26. puisque, smc^. 
27. cadeau, present. 28. envers moi, towards me. 29. aussi, a7^^, 
likewise. 30. coiite, C6>s^. 31. autant que, as mt^c/i as. 32. interdit 
et eonsterne, astonished and dismayed. 



7* Ld JProbit^ Recompensee {Honesty Rewarded). 
1. campagne, country -place. 2. yivait, lived, from yivre, to live. 
3. nag'uere, not long ago. 4. buclieron, wood-cutter. 5. a six ans, at 
the age of six years. 6. appris, lea.rned, from apprendre, to learn. 
7. faisait, was. 8. devait frapper, was to strike. 9. detruire, to des- 
troy. 10. Yiiit a mourir, died. 11. succombait, died. 12. atteint 
d'une pleuresie, from an attack of pleurisy. 13. devenir, lecome of. 
14. sans appui, icithout protection. 15. garder les besiiaux, keep the 
cattle. 16. elle dut mendier, she had to heg. 17. on ne saurait, one 
cannot. 18. privat'ons, privations. 19. endurer, to endure. 20. le 
manque d'abri, a want of shelter. 21. des paroles dures et brutales, 
harsh and brutal words. 22. au milieu, in the midst. 23. n'oublia 
jamais, never forgot. 24. s'ecoulerent ainsi, were spent thus. 25. au 
bord d'un fosse, on the edge of a ditch. 26. qu'elle eut soin de ra- 
masser, which she took care to pick up. 27. Piiitention bien arretee, 
with a firm purpose, 28. rendre, to give hack. 29. tandis qu'elle, 
while she. 30. emploierait, should employ. 31. pour en decouvrir le 
maitre, to find its owner. 32. roulier, wagoner. 33. Yoiturier, 
dnver. 34. et reconnut, and ascertained. 35. qu'il appartenait, 
that it belonged. 36. entre autres papiers, among other papers. 
37. en billets de banque, in bank-notes. 38. le bien d'autrui, the 
property of others. 39. de son2:er a, to think of. 40. arrivee, having 
arrived. 41. se rendit, went, from se rendre, to go, to betake one's 



144 K0TE8 ON HI8T0EIETTES. 

self. 42. celui-ci, the latter. 43. celui, the one. 44. la veille, the 
day before. 45. merite, deserves. 46. vous me devez^ you owe me. 
47. Yoici Yotre quittance, here is your receipt. 48. preiiez, take. 
49. qu'ils Tous servent, may they help you. 50. et vous^ reprit-il, 
and as for you, he resumed. 51. voiis me permettrez, you will allow 
me. 52. vous a ravis, has taken away from you. 53. qui aurait 
Yotre age, who would he of your age. 54. devenez ma fille d'adop- 
tion, become my daughter by adoption. 55. benissez, bless. 56. qui 
a su, who knew how. 57. aussi probes, so honest. 



8. L^Ogre {The Ogre). 
1. S'etaient ^gares, had lost their way. 2. au fond, in the depths. 
3. auberge isolee, isolated inn. 4. vers minuit, towards midnight. 
5. entendirent parler, heard speaking. 6. voisine de celle, next to 
tJiat. 7. appliquerent I'oreille, applied the ear. 8. muraille, wall. 
d.-po\ireconiei\ to listen. 10. ^o'm, care. 11. d'ecurer le chaudron, 
to scour the kettle. 12. demain de bon matin, early in the morning. 
\^. aow^^vlsi^OY^^^ cut the throat. 14. citadins, a^5. 15. faillirent 
mourir, almost died of fright. 16. en entendant, when they heard. 
17. ils se dirent, tfoey said to one another. 18. tout bas, in a low 
voice. 19. assurementj surely. 20. ils s'approcherent, they dreio 
near. 21. sauterent dans, leaped into. 22. pour se sauver, to make 
their escape. 23. ils se glisserentj they slipped. 24. trou aux pores, 
pig-sty. 25. impossible a decrire, impossible to describe. 26. aux 
premieres lueurs du matin, at the first glimmer of morning. 27. se 
mlt a aiguiser, began to sharpen. 28. allons, come now. 29. sortez 
de la, come out. 30. pousserent, uttered. 31. supplierent a deux 
genoux, begged on both knees. 32. leur oter la yie, take their lives. 
33. fort etonne, vei^y much astonished. 34. etiible a pores, pig-siy. 
35. s'ils le prenaient pour, if they took him for. 36. aubergiste, 
innkeeper. 37. les petits insenses, the little fools. 38. pensais, was 
thinking. 39. je Toulais parler, / was speaking. 40. cochons de 
lait, sucking pigs. 41. par badinage, jokingly. 42. ce qui arrive, 
which happens. 43. on comprend mal, one misunderstands. 44. nous 



NOTES ON IIISTOUIETTES. 145 

siig'gereiit de faux s up^ons, (iicakenfahe msinciominus. 45. on 
se cree, one imagines. 46. ci'aiiites chim^riqins, cliimerical fears. 
47. et I'on s'at ire soiivent des cliagTins, and one often hrinr/s upon 
one's self griefs. 

9. La Mendidiite {The Beggar). 

1. Temps de fiimine, time of famine. 2. saison d'hiver, lointer 
season. 3. inconnue, unknown. 4. de porte en ^ovi^^ from door to 
door. 5. demander Paiiinone, ask alms. 6. propre, neat. 7. ra- 
pieces, mended. 8. en divers endroits, in many places. 9. le vent 
soufflait^ the icind teas blowing. 10. serre, tied. 11. a decouvert. 
uncovered. 12. tenait^ was holding. 13. droite, right. 14. ^auclie, 
left. 15. la plnpart, most. 16. on ne Iiii donnait ciu'une, they gave 
her only. 17. encore, and. 18. la liii passait-on, they handed it to 
her. 19. renvoyerent, sent away. 20. viilag-eois, villager. 21. Pun 
des moins aises, one of the least wealthy. 22. la fit entrer dans, made 
her enter. 23. oil re^nait u ne donee clialeur, in ichicli it felt comfortably 
warm. 24. cnire, tohake. 25. le lendeniain the next day. 26. venne, 
had come. 27. invites a souper, invited to supper. 28. liabitait, 
dwelt in. 29. ils ne s'attendaient guere, they little expected. 30. sn- 
jet de, cause for. 31. ils y virent, they saw. 32. cliargee de mets 
delicats, loaded with dainty dishes. 33. oouverte, covered. 34. soit, 
either, ^b. '^nmuK^i'd^ mouldy bread. 36. soit, 6»r. 37. une poignee 
de son, a^ handful of bran. 38. rien dn tout, notliing at all. 
39. niendiante degnisee, disguised beggar. 40. temps de '^etresse, 
tim^ of distress. 41. tant de peine, so much trouble. 42. de quoi 
yivre, the means of subsistance. 43. a Peprenve, to the test. 44. les 
deux braves gens que voici, these two worthy people. 45. m'ont permis, 
allowed m£. 46. me rechauffer, to warm myself. 47. nonrrie,/^d 
48. c'est ponrqnoi, that is the reason %vhy. 49. je leur feral nne 
ij^^ji^iom^ I will give them a pension. 50. quant a vons autres, as to 
you. 51. que ce soit pour Yous, letitbetoyou. 52. qu'il vous sera 
fait, that you will be treated. 58. selo ^ according as. 54. a votre 
prochain, to your neighbor. 



146 NOTES ON HI8T0BIETTE8. 

10. La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant). 

1. D^pourvue, destitute. 2. bise, north wind ; quassd la bise liit 
y enne J when, cold weatJier had set in. 3. iiioiiche, ^?/. 4. Yermisseaii, 
little grub. 5. elle alia crier famine, she went to cry famine, that is : 
she went to complain of her poverty. 6. je vous pairai (payerai), I 
shall pay you. 7. ^yawi Vaoxxi^ before August, bef one hai^mst. 8. foi 
d'aniinal^ on the faith of an animal, that is : upon the honor of a 
gentleman. 9. preteuse, lender. 10. sou luoiiidre defant, her least 
fault. 11. emprunteusej borrower. 12. nuit et jour, a tout veiiant, 
day and night, to all who came 13. iie YOiis deplaise, by your leave. 
14. j'en siiis fort aise, / ctm very glad of it. 



PAET FOUETH. 



THE PARTS OF SPEECH. 



In Frencli as in Englisli tliere are ten different kinds of words, 
wliicli are called Parts of Speech ; tliey are : 

1. The Noun, 6. The Participle, 

2. The Article, 7. The Adverb, 

3. The Adjective, 8. The Preposition, 

4. The Pronoun, 9. The Conjunction, 

5. The Verb, 10. The Interjection. 

Definition of the I^arts of S2)eech. 

1. A Noun is the name of a person, place, or thing ; as, Washing- 
ton, Parity city. 

2. An Article is a word placed before a noun to limit its meaning ; 
as, the tree, a tree. 

3. An Adjective is a word added to a noun, to describe or limit it; 
as, a large tree, which tree ? that tree. 

4. A Pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun ; as, /have 
your book ; you have mine. 

5. A Verb is a word that expresses action or being ; as, to winte, 
to live. 

6. A Participle is a part of the verb which is also used as an adjec- 
tive ; as, fields covered with snow, glittering in the sun. 

Rem. The participles are given with the verb. 

7. An Adverb is a word that expresses manner, time, place, etc. ; 
as, he writes well ; I see him often ; he is here. 

8. A Preposition is a word used to express some relation of differ- 
ent things or thoughts to each other ; as, the book lies 'before me on 
the table. 

9. A Conjunction is a word used to connect words or sentences ; as* 
you and he are happy, because you are good. 

10. An Interjection is a word that denotes a sudden emotion of the 
mind ; as, ah! alas! 



148 



THE NOUN, 



I, The Noun. 



(1.) ^ Gender. 

Masculine, 

un homme, a man ; une 

un boeuf, an ox ; une 

un chat, a cat ; — une 

un oiseau, a bird ; ,-- une 

un poulet, a chicken ; une 

un insecte, an insect ; une 

un village, a village ; une 

un jar din, a garden ; une 

un arbre, a tree ; _4ine 

un miroir, a looking-glass ; une 

un fauteuil, an arm-chair ; une 

_un canape, or sofa, a sofa ; une 



Feminine. 
femme, a woman, 
vache, a cow. 
souris, a mouse. 
oie, a goose. 
poule, a hen. 
mouche, a fly. 
ville, a town ; a city. 
maison, a house. 
feuille, a leaf. 
pendule, a time-piece. 
chaise, a chair. 
commode, a chest of drawers. 



(2.) 

Singular. 
un homme, one man ; 
une femme, one woman ; 
un arbre, one tree ; 
une feuille, one leaf ; 

"nn bas, a stocking ; 

un bras, an arm ; 

un tapis, a carpet ; 
. une croix, a cross ; 

un chapeau, a hat ; 
un couteau, a knife ; 
un gateau, a cake ; 
un feu, a fire ; 
- un jeu, a game ; 

un cheval, a horse ; 
un animal, an animal ; 
un general, a general ; 



Number. 

Plural. 
des hommes, men. 
des femmes, women, 
des arbres, trees. 
des feuilles, leaves. 



des bas, stockings. 
des bras, arms. 
des tapis, carpets. 
des croix, crosses. 



des chapeaux, hats. 
des couteaux, knives. 
des gateaux, cakes. 
des feux, fires. 
des jeux, games. 



des chevaux, horses, 
des animaux, animals. 
des generaux, generals. 



ARTICLE— ADJECTIVE. 



149 



Singular. 
un clou, a nail ; 
un chou, a cabbage : 
un bijou, a jewel ; 



Plural. 
des clous, nails. 
des choux, cabbages. 
des bijoux, jewels. 



II. The Article 



FORMS OF THE ARTICLE BEFORE NOUNS. 

(1.) Before a Masculine Noun. 

Singular. Plural. 

le pere, the father ; les pares, the fathers. 

du pere, of the father ; du peres, of the fathers. 

au pere, to the father ; aux peres, to the fathers. 



(2.) Before a Feminine Noun. 

la mere, the mother ; 
de la mere, of the mother ; des meres, of the mothers. 

a la mere; to the mother ; aux meres, to the mothers. 



les meres, the mothers. 



(3.) 
I'enfant, the child ; 
de r enfant, of the child ; 
a I'enfant, to the child ; 



Before a Vowel. 

les enfants, the children, 
des enfants, of the children. 
aux enfants, to the children. 



(4.) Partitive Tense. 

du pain, bread ; de la viande, meat. 

de bon pain, good bread ; de bonne viande, good meat, 

pas de pain, no bread ; pas de viande, no meat. 

des gateaux, cakes ; de I'eau, water. 

de bons gateaux, good cakes ; pas d'eau, no water. 



(1.) 

Masculine. 



III. The Adjective^ 

1. QUALIFYING ADJECTIVES. 

Gender. — Singular. 



un petit gargon, a little boy ; 
un grand jar din, a large garden : 
de mauvais papier, bad paper ; 



Feminine. 
une petite fille, a little girl, 
une grande maison, a large housfe. 



150 



THE ADJECTIVE, 



Masculine. Feminine. 

un jeune homme, a young man ; une jeune femme, a young woman, 
un enfant malade, a sick child ; une fille malade, a sick girl. 



de bon pain, good bread ; 
un tel homme, such a man ; 



de bonne viande, good meat, 
une telle femme^ such a woman. 



un gargon attentif, an attentive une fille attentive, an attentive 

boy ; girl, 

un chapeau neuf, a new hat ; une robe neuve, a new dress. 



un pere courageux, a courageous une mere courageuse, a courage- 
father ; ous woman. 

un frere studieux, a studious une scBur studieuse, a studious sis- 
brother ; ter. 



un beau jour, a fine day ; 

un bel arbre, a fine tree ; 

un nouveau cheval, a new horse; 

un nouvel eleve, a new scholar ; 

un vieux soldat, an old soldier ; 

un vieil homme, an old man ; 



une belle maison, a handsome 
house. 

une nouvelle voiture, a new car- 
riage. 

une vieille femme, an old wo- 
man. 



(3-) 



Plural. 



les petits gar9ons, the little boys ; les petites fiUes, the little girls, 
les mauvais crayons, the bad pen- les mauvaises plumes, the bad 

cils ; pens. 

les gargons attentifs, the attentive les filles attentives, the attentive 

boys ; |?irls. 

les hommes heureux, the happy les femmes heureuses, the happy 

men ; women. 

les beaux arbres, the fine trees ; les belles maisons, the fine houses, 
-lesnouveauxdessins, th^newpat- les nouvelles etoffes, the new 

terns ; goods. 



LIMITING ADJEOTI VE8. —NUMERALS. 



151 



(1.) 



2. LIMITING ADJECTIVES. 

Possessive Adjectives. 



Singuli 


ir. 


Plural 




Masculine. 


Feminine, 


For both. 




mon, 


ma, 


mes, 


my. 


ton, 


ta, 


tes. 


tliy. 


son, 


sa. 


ses, 


Ms, her, its. 


notre, 


notre, 


nos. 


our. 


votre, 


votre, 


vos, 


your. 


leur, 


leur. 


leurs. 


tlieir. 



(2.) Demonstrative Adjective. 

Singular. Plural. 

Masculine. Feminine. For hoth. 

ce, cet, cette, this, that, ces, these, those. 



ce gargon, this boy, that boy ; 
ce gargon-ci, this boy ; 
ce gargon-la, that boy ; 



ces gargonSj these boys, those boys. 
ces gar9ons-ci, these boys, 
ces gargons-la, those boys. 



(3.) 

Cardinal. 

1. TJuj/em. une. 

2. Deux. 

3. Trois. 

4. Quatre. 

5. Cinq. 

6. Six. 

7. Sept. 

8. Huit. 

9. Neuf. 

10. Dix. 

11. Onze. 

12. Douze. 

13. Treize. 

14. Quatorze. 
15c Quinze. 



Numeral Adjectives. 



Ordinal. 



1st. 


Premier, fern, premiere. 


2d. 


Deuxieme, or Second-e. 


3d. 


Troisieme. 


4th. 


Quatrieme. 


5th. 


Cinquieme. 


6th. 


Sixieme. 


7th. 


Septieme. 


8th. 


Huitieme. 


9th. 


Neuvieme. 


10th. 


Dixieme. 


11th. 


Onzieme. 


12th. 


Douzieme. 


13th. 


Treizieme. 


14th. 


Quatorzieme. 


15th, 


QlUnziem©, 



15 


2 


NUMERALS. 


16. 


Seize. 


16th. 


Seizieme. 


17. 


Dix-sept. 


17th. 


Dix-septieme. 


18. 


Dix-huit. 


18th. 


Dix-huitieme. 


19. 


Dix-neuf. 


19th. 


Dix-neuvieme. 


20. 


Vingt. 


20th. 


Vingtieme. 


21. 


Vingt et un. 


21st. 


Vingt et uniemea 


22. 


Vingt-deux. 


22d. 


Vingt-denxieme. 


23. 


Vingt-trois. 


23d. 


Vingt-troisieme. 


24. 


Vingt-quatre. 


24th. 


Vingt-quatrieme. 


25. 


Vingt-cinq, 


25th. 


Vingt-cinquieme. 


26. 


Vingt-six. 


26th. 


Vingt-sixieme. 


27. 


Vingt-sept. 


27th. 


Vingt-septieme. 


28. 


Vingt-huit. 


28th. 


Vingt-huitieme. 


29. 


Vingt-neuf. 


29th. 


Vingt-neuvieme. 


30. 


Trente. 


30th. 


Trentieme. 


31. 


Trente et un. 


31st. 


Trente et unieme. 


32. 


Trente-deux. 


82d. 


Trente-d euxieme. 


83. 


Trente-trois. 


83d. 


Trente-troisieme. 


40. 


Quarante. 


40th. 


Quarantieme. 


41. 


Quarante et un. 


41st. 


Quarante et unieme. 


42. 


Quarante-deux. 


42d. 


Quarante- deuxieme. 


43. 


Quarante-trois. 


48d. 


Quarante-troisieme. 


50. 


Oinquante. 


50th. 


Oinquantieme. 


51. 


Cinquante et un. 


51st. 


Cinquante et unieme. 


52. 


Cinquante-deux. 


52d. 


Cinquante- deuxieme. 


53. 


Cinquante-trois. 


53d. 


Cinquante- troisieme. 


60. 


Soixante. 


60th. 


Soixantieme. 


61. 


Soixante et un. 


61st. 


Soixante et unieme. 


62. 


Soixante-deux. 


62d. 


Soixante-d euxieme. 


63. 


Soixante-trois. 


63d. 


Soixante-troisieme. 


70. 


Soixante-dix. 


70th. 


Soixante dixieme. 


71. 


Soixante et onze. 


71st. 


Soixante-onzieme. 


72. 


Soixante-douze. 


72d. 


Soixante-douzieme. 


73. 


Soixante-treize. 


78d. 


Soixante-treizieme. 


74. 


Soixante-quatorze. 


74th. 


Soixante-quatorzieme. 


75. 


Soixante-quinze. 


75th. 


Soixante-quinzieme. 


76. 


Soixante-seize. 


76th. 


Soixante-seizieme. 


77. 


Soixante-dix-sept. 


77th. 


Soixante-dix-septieme. 


78. 


Soixante- dix-huit. 


78th. 


Soixante- dix-huitieme. 


79. 


Soixante-dix-neuf. 


79th. 


Soixante-dix neuvieme. 


80. 


Quatre-vingts. 


80th. 


Quatre-vingtieme. 





I^UMEBALS. —INDEF 


'INITE 


81. 


Quatre-vingt-un. 


81st. 


82. 


Quatre-vingt-deux. 


82d. 


83. 


Quatr e - vingt-trois. 


83d. 


84. 


Q Liatr e-vingt-quatre. 


84tli. 


85. 


Quatr e-vingt-cinq. 


85tli. 


86. 


Quatr e-vingt-six. 


86th. 


87. 


Quatre-vingt-sept. 


87tli. 


88. 


Quatre-vingt-huit. 


88tli. 


89. 


Quatre-vingt-neuf. 


89tli. 


90. 


Quatr e-vingt-dix. 


90tli. 


91. 


Quatre-vingt-onze. 


91st. 


92. 


Quatre-vingt-douze. 


92d. 


93. 


Quatre-vingt-treize. 


93d. 


94. 


Quatre-vingt-quatorze. 


94tli. 


95. 


Quatre-vingt-quinze. 


95tli. 


96. 


Quatre- vingt seize. 


96tli. 


97. 


Quatr e-vingt-dix-s ept. 


97tli. 



98. Quatre-vingt-dix-huit. 98tli. 

99. Quatre- vingt-dix-neuf. 99tli. 

100. Cent. lOOth. 

101. Cent-un. lOlst. 
200. Deux cents. 200tli. 
210. Deux cent-dix 210tli. 

1.000. Mille. l,000tli. 

1.001. MiUe-un. 1,001st. 
2,000. Deux mille. 2,000tli. 
2,500. Deux mille-cinq cents. 2,500tli. 
3,000. Trois mille. 3,000tli. 

1,000,000. Un million. l,000,000tli. 



ADJECTIVES. 153 

Quatre-vingt unieme. 

Quatr e-vingt-deuxieme. 

Quatre- vingt-troisieme. 

Quatr e- vingt- quatrieme. 

Quatre- vingt-cinquieme. 

Quatre-vingt-sixieme. 

Quatre-vingt septie me. 

Quartre-vingt huitieme. 

Quartre-vingt-neuvii^ n:e. 

Quatre- vingt- dixieme. 

Quatre-vingt- onzieme. 

Quatre-vingt-douzieme. 

Quatre-vingt-treizieme. 

Quatre - vingt - quator- 
zieme. 

Quatre- vingt-quinzie me. 

Quatre-vingt- seizieme. 

Quatre - vingt - dix - sep- 
tieme. 

Quatre - vingt - dix - hui- 
tieme. 

Quatre - vingt - dix - neu- 

Centieme. [vieme. 

Cent-unieme. 

Deux centieme. 

Deux cent-dixieme. 

Millieme. 

Mille-unieme. 

Deux millieme. 

Deux mille - cinq - cen- 

Trois millieme. [tiemeo 

Millionieme. 



(4.) 



Indefinite Adjectives. 



^Aucun, aucune, no, not any ; 
Nul, nulle, no ; 
Pas un, pas une, not one ; 
Autre, otlier ; 
M^me, same ; 
Qhaque, eacli ; 

6* 



Tout, toute, all ; every ; whole. 
Plusieurs, several. 
^Quel, quelle, what ; which. 
Quelque, some ; quelques, a few. 
Quelconque, any ; whatever, 
— Tel, telle, such. 



154 THE PRONOUN, 

IV. The Pronoun. 

1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS. — CONJUNCTIVE. 

(1.) Singular. 

je (j'), I ; me (m'), me ; me (m'), to me. 

tu, tliou ; te (f), thee ; te (f), to thee. 

il, he, it ; le (1'), him, it ; lui, to him. 

elle, she, it ; \ la (1'), her, it ; lui, to her. 

Plural. 



nous, 


we ; 


nous. 


us ; 


nous, 


to us. 


vous, 


you ; 


vous. 


you ; 


vous. 


to you. 


/ ils, 


they ; 


les, 


them ; 


leur, 


to them. 


I elles, 


they ; 


les. 


them ; 


leur. 


to them. 



en, some or any of it, of them ; - y, to it, to them : "" le (1'), it, so. 



(2.) Personal Pronouns used as Reflective Pronouns. 

f me, myself, to myself ; nous, ourselves, to ourselves. 

V te, thyself, to thyself ; vous, yourselves, to yourselves. 

r' se, himself, herself, itself, themselves, one's self. 



(3.) Personal Pronouns. — Disjunctive, 

moi, I, or me ; ^^ nous, we, or us. 

toi, thou, or thee ; vous, you. 

lui, he, or him ; eux, they, or them. 

elle, she, or her ; elles, they, or them. 

■' — • soi, himself, herself, itself, themselves, one's self. 

(4.) Compound Personal Pronouns. 

moi-m^me, myself; nous-m^mes, ourselves, 

toi-m^me, thyself ; vous-m^mes, yourselves. 

vous-m^me, yourself ; eux-memes, themselves. 

lui-m^me, himself ; elles-memes, themselves. 

elle-m^me, herself ; -^-soi-meme, one's self. 



THE PRONOUN, 



155 





2. 


POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. 




Singular. 


PlUi 


'^al. 




Masculine, 


Feminine. 


Masculine. 


Feminine, 




le mien, 


la mienne, 


les miens, 


les miennes. 


mine. 


ie tien, 


la tienne, 


les tiens, 


les tiennes. 


thine. 


le sien, 


la sienne, 


les siens. 


les siennes, 


liis ; hers. 


le notre, 


la notre, 


les notres. 


les notres, 


ours. 


le votre, 


la votre. 


les votres. 


les votres. 


yours. 


le leur, 


la leur, 


les leurs, 


les leurs, 


theirs. 



3. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS. 

ce, that, it ; ceci, this ; cela, that. 

Singular. Plural, 

Masculine. Feminine. Masculine. Feminine. 

celui, celle, that, the one. \ ceux, celles, those. 

celui-ci, celle-ci, this one. - j ceux-ci, celles-ci, these. 

celui-la, celle-la, that one. ceux-la, celles-la, those. 



4. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS. 

qui ? .who ? whom ? 

que ? what ? 

quoi ? what ? 

lequel ? laquelle ? which ? which one ? 

lesquels ? lesquelles ? which ? which ones ? 



qui est-ce qui ? who ? 
qu'est-ce qui ? what ? 
qui est-ce que ? whom ? 
qu'est-ce que ? what ? 

5. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. 

qui, who, which, that. 

que, whom, which, that. 

a qui, to whom. 

lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles, who, whom, which, 

dont, of wliom, of which, whose. 

quoi, what. 

ou, in which. 



156 



THE VEBB—AVOm. 



6. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. 



-" autrui, others ; 
chacun, every one ; 
I'un I'autre, the one tlie otlier ; 
I'un et I'autre, both ; 
I'un ou I'autre, either ; 
ni I'lm ni I'autre, neither ; 



on, one, some one, people, they, 
personne (ne), nobody. 
quelqu'un, somebody. 
quelques-uns, some, a few. 
quiconqu9, whoever. 
un de, one of. 



aucun (ne), ) 

\ ^' ^ no one ; 
nul (ne), ) 

pas un (ne), not one ; 



plusieurs, several. 

tel, telle, such. 

tout, all ; everything. 



V. The Verb. 

Conjugation of Avoir— to ham* 



Pbesent. 



Avoir, 



INFINITIVE MODE. 



to have. 



Past. 
Avoir eu, to have had. 



Present. 
Ayant, having. 



PARTICIPLES. 

Past. 
Eu, m. ; eue,/., had. 



COBIPOUND. 

Ayant eu, having had. 



INDICATIVE MODE. 





Present. 




Past Indefinite. 


J'ai, 




I have. 


J'ai eu, 


I have had. 


Tuas, 




thou hast. 


Tu as eu. 


thou hast had. 


11 a, 




he has. 


11 a eu. 


he has had. 


Nous avons, 




we have. 


Nous avons eu, 


we have had. 


Vous avez, 




you have. 


Vous avez eu. 


you have had. 


lis out. 




they have. 


lis ont eu, 


they have had. 




Imperfect. 




Pluperfect. 


J'avais, 




I had. 


J'avais eu, 


I had had. 


Tu avals, 




thou hadfit. 


Tu avais eu, 


thou hadst had. 


11 avait, 




he had. 


11 avait eu, 


he had had. 


Nous avions, 




we had. 


Nous avions eu. 


we had had. 


Vous aviez, 




you had. 


Vous aviez eu. 


you had had. 


Jls avaieiit^ 




they had. 


11? aval cut eu, 


they had had.. 



THE VERB— AVOIR. 



157 





Past Definite. 


Past Anterior. 


J'eus, 




1 had. 


J'eus eu. 


/ had had. 


Tu eus, 




thou hadst. 


Tu eus eu, 


thou hadst had. 


11 eut, 




he had. 


11 eut eu. 


he had had. 


Nous eumes. 




we had. 


Nous etimes eu, 


we had had. 


Vous eutes, 




you had. 


Vous eutes eu, 


you had had. 


lis eurent, 




they had. 


lis eureut eu, 


they had had. 




Future 




Future Anterior. 


J'aurai, 




1 shall have. 


J'aurai eu. 


I shall have had. 


Tu auras, 




thou wilt have. 


Tu auras eu. 


thou wilt have had. 


11 aura, 




he will have. 


11 aura eu, 


he will have had. 


Nous aurons 




we shall have. 


Nous aurons eu. 


we shall have had 


Vous aurez, 




you will have. 


A^ous aurez eu. 


you will have had. 


lis auront. 




they will have. 


lis auront eu, 


they will have had. 



CONDITIONAL MODE., 



J'aurai8, 
Tu aurais, 
II aurait. 
Nous aurions, 
Vous auriez, 
lis auraient, 



Present . 

I should have. 

thou wouldst have. 

he would have. 

we should have. 

you wouli have. 

they would have. 



J'aurais eu, 
Tu aurais eu, 
11 aurait eu, 
Nous aurions eu, 
Vous auriez eu, 



Past. 

I should have had. 

thou wouldst have had. 

he would have had. 

we should have had. 

you would have had. 



lis auraient eu, they would have had. 



Aie, 



IMPERATIVE MODE. 

Ayons, 

have {thou) . Ayez, 



let us have, 
have {you). 



SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 



Present. 

Quej'aie, that I may have. 

Que tu ales, that thou mayst have. 

QuMl ait, that he may have. 

Que nous ayons, that we may have. 

Que vous ayez, that you may have. 

Qu'ils aient, that they may have. 



Imperfect 






Que j'eusse. 


that T 




Que tu eusses. 


that thou 


55 


Qu'il eut, 


that he 


Que nous eussions, 


that we 


Que vous eupsiez, 


that you 




Qu'ils eusseut. 


that they ^ 


* 



^! 



Past. 
Que j 'aie eu, that I may ^ . 

Que tu aies eu, that thoa mayst \ ^ 
Qu'il ait eu, that he may 

Que nous ayons eu, that we may 
Que vous ayez eu, that you may | 
Qu'ils aient eu, that they may J 

Pluperfect. 

Que j'eusee eu, that I'] 

Que tu eusses eu, that thx)u 

Qu'il eut eu, that he ^ •>" 

Qne nous eussions eu, that we 

Que vous eussiez eu, that you 

Qu'ils euirsent eu, that they , 



158 



THE YERB—ETBE, 



:^tre, 



Present. 



Conjugation of ^re—to he, 
INFINITIVE MODE. 

to be. 



Past. 
Avoir ete, to have been. 



Present. 

Etant, bein//. 



PARTICIPLES. 

Past. 

Ete, been. 



Compound. 
Ayant ete, hamnrj been. 



Present. 



INDICATIVE MODE. 

Past Indefinite. 



Je puis, 


lam 


J'ai ete, 


1 have been. 


Tues, 


thou art. 


Tu as ete, 


thou hast been. 


11 est, 


he is. 


11 a ete, 


he has been. 


Nous sommes, 


we are 


Nous avons ete, 


we have been. 


Vous etes. 


you are. 


Vous avez ete, 


you have been. 


lis sont, 


they are. 


lis out eie, 


they have been. 


Imperfect. 




Pluperfect. 


J'etais, 


I was. 


J'avais ete. 


1 had been. 


Tuetais, 


thou wast. 


Tu avals ete, 


thou hadst been. 


11 etalt, 


he was. 


11 avait ete, 


he had been. 


Nous etions, 


we IV ere. 


Nous avioDs ete. 


we had been. 


Vous etiez. 


you were. 


Vous aviez ete. 


you had been. 


lis etaient, 


they were. 


lis avaient ete, 


they had been. 


Past Definite. 


Past Anterior. 


Je fus. 


I was. 


J'eus ete. 


I had been. 


Tu fus, 


thou wast. 


Tu eus ete, 


thou hadst been. 


11 fut, 


he IV as. 


11 eut ete, 


he had been. 


Nous fumes, 


we were. 


Nous eumes ete. 


we had been. 


Vous futes. 


you were. 


Vous eutes ete. 


you had been. 


lis furent. 


they were. 


lis eurent ete. 


they had been. 


FUTURE. 




Future Anterior. 


Je serai, 


I shall be. 


J'aurai ete. 


I shall have been. 


Tu seras, 


thou wilt be. 


Tu auras ete. 


thou wilt have been. 


11 sera, 


he will be. 


11 aura ete, 


he will have been. 


Nous serous. 


we shall be. 


Nous aurons ete. 


we shall have been. 


Vous serez, 


you will be. 


Vous aurez ete, 


you will have been. 


lis seront, 


they will be. 


lis auront ete. 


they will have been. 



Je serais, 
Tu serais, 
II serait, 
Nous serious, 
Vous seriez, 
lis serai ent. 



CONDITIONAL MODE. 



Present. 



I should be. 

thou wouldst be. 

he would be. 

vje should be. 

you would be. 

they would be. 



Past. 



J'aurais ete, 



1 should have been. 



Tu aurais ete, thou wouldst have been. 
II aurait ete, he wrndd have been. 

Nous aurions ete, wi should have been. 
Vous auriez ete, you would have been. 
lis auraient ete, they would have been. 



THE VERB—PARLER, 



159 



Sois, 



IMPERATIVE MODE. 

Soyons, 
be {thou). Soyez, 

SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 



let us be. 
be (you). 



Present. 

Que je sois, that I may be. 

Que tu sois, that thou mayst be. 

Qu'il so it, that he may be. 

Que nous soy^/us, that we may be. 

Que vous soyez, that you may be. 

Qu'ils soient, that they may be. 



Past. 
Que j'aie ete, that I may 

Que tu aies ete, that thoumayst 
Qu'il ait ete, that he may 

Que nous ayons ete, that we m.ay 
Que vous ayez ete, that you may 
Qu'ils aieiit ete, that they may 



Imperfect 






Pluperfeci 




Que je fusse, 


that r 




Que j'eusse ete. 


that I 


Que tu fusses, 


that thou 


§ 


Que tu eusses ete, 


that thou 


Qu'il fut, 


that he 


1 5«- 


Qu'il eut ete, 


that he 


Que nousfussions. 


that we 


- ?:;. 


Que nous eussions ete, 


that we 


Que vous f ussiez, 


that you 


? 


Que vous eusfeiez ete, 


that you 


Qu'ils lusseut, 


that they^ 




Qu'ils eussent ete. 


that they , 



Conjugation of I^arler—to speak. 
INFINITIVE MODE. 



Present. 
Parler, to speaJc. 



Past. 

Avoir parle, to fiave spoken. 



Present. 
Parlant, speaking. 



PARTICIPLES. 

Past. 

Parle, spoken. 



Compound. 
Ayant parle, having spoken. 



INDICATIVE MODE. 



Present. 



Je parle, 
Tu paries, 
II parle. 
Nous parlons, 
Vous parlez, 
lis parlent, 

Je parlais, 
Tu parlais, 
II parlait. 
Nous parlions, 
Vous parliez, 
lis parlaieut, 



I speak. 

thou speakest. 

he speaks. 

we speak. 

you speak. 

they speak. 



Imperfect. 



I was speaking. 

thou wast speaking. 

he was speaking. 

tve were speaking. 

you tvere sjyeaking. 

they were speaking. 



Past Indefinite. 



J'ai parle, 
Tu as parle, 
II a parle, 
Nous avons parle, 
Vous avez parle, 
lis ont parle, 



1 have spoken, 
thou hast spoken. 

he has spoken. 

we have spoken. 

you have spoken. 

they have spoken. 



Pluperfect. 



J'avais parle, 
Tu avals parle, 
II avait parle, 
Nou>5 avions parle, 
Vous aviez jjarle. 
Us avaient parle, 



I had spoken. 

thou hadst spoken. 

he had spoken, 

we had spoken. 

you had spoken. 

they had spoken. 



160 



THE YEBB—P ABLER, 



Past I 


)EFINITE. 


Past Anterior. 




Je parlai, 


I spoke. 


J'eus parle, 


1 had spoken. 


Tu parlas, 


thou spokest. 


Tu eus parle, 


thou hadst spoken. 


11 parla, 


he spoke. 


11 eut parle, 


he had spoken. 


Nous parlames, 


ive spoke. 


Nous eumes parle, 


we had spoken. 


Vou!? parlates, 


you spoke. 


Vous eutes parle. 


you had spoken. 


lis parlerent, 


they spoke. 


lis eurent parle, 


they ho,d spoken. 


Future. 


Future Anterior. 


Je parlerai, 


I shall speak. 


J'aurai parle, 


I shall 


^ 


Tu parleras, 


thou wilt speak. 


Tu auras parle. 


thou wilt 


S5 


11 parlera, 


he will speak. 


11 aura parle, 


he will 


1 


Nous parlerons, 


we shall speak. 


Nous aurons parle. 


we shall 


Vous parlerez, 


you will speak. 


Vous aurez parle, 


you will 




lis parlerent, 


they will sp)eak. 


lis auront paiie, 


they will. 






CONDITIONAL MODE. 




Pre 


*ENT. 


Past. 




Je parlerais, 


I should speak. 


J'aurais parle. 


I should^ ^ 


Tu parlerais, 


thou wouldst speak. 


Tu aurais parle, 


thou wouldst i 


11 parlerait, 


he would speak. 


11 aurait parle, 


he would 
we should § 


Nous parlerions, 


we should speak. 


Nous aurions parle. 


Vous parleriez, 


you would speak. 


Vous auriez parle. 


you would ^ 


lis parleraient, 


they would speak. 


lis auraient parle. 


they would] ' 




IMPERATIVE MODE. 








Parlous, 


let us speak. 


Parle, 


speak {thou). 


Parlez, 


speak (you). 



SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 



Present. 
Que je parle, that I may sp 

Que tu paries, that thou mayst speak. 
Qu'il parle, that he may speak. 

Que nous parlions. that ice may ^p^eak. 
Que vons parliez, that you may speak. 
Qu'ils parlent, that they may speak. 



Past. 

Que j'aie parle. that Im.ay'] ^ 

Que tu aies parle, that thou mayst I § 
Qu'il ait parle, that he may • ^ 

Que nous ayous parle, that we may <% 
Que vous ayez parle, that you may ^ 
Qu'ils aient parle, that they may } ' 



Imperfect. 



Que je parlasse, 
Que tu parlasses, 
Qu'il parlat, 
Que nous parla ssions, 
Que vous parlassiez, 
Qu'ils pnrlassent, 



that I-] ^ 

that thou I ^^• 

that he ; ^ 

that wel^ 

that you \ | 

that they] ^ 



Pluperfect. 
Que j'euFse parle, that 1\ 

Que tu eusses parle, that thou I , i. 
Qu'il etit parle, that he \ § >; 

Que nous eussions parl6, that we '^ | > 
Que vous eussiez parle, that you ' cs 
Qu'ils eussent parle, that they] 



THE VERB—FINIR. 



161 



Conjugation of Fhiir — to finish. 
INFINITIVE MODE. 



Finir, 



Present. 

to finish. 



Past. 
Avoir fini, to have finished. 



Present. 

Finis^ant, finishing. 



PARTICIPLES. 

Past. 

¥m\^ finished. 

INDICATIVE MODE. 



Compound. 

Ayaiit fini, having finished 



Present. 



Jc finis, 

Tu finis, 

II finit. 

Nous finissons, 

Vous finissez, 

lis finissent, 



I finish. 

thou finishest. 

he finishes. 

we finish. 

you finish. 

they finish. 



Je finissais, 
Tu finissais, 
II finissait, 
Nous fiiiissions 
Vous finissicz, 
lis finissaient, 



Je finis, 
Tu finis, 
II finit. 
Nous finimes, 
Vous finifes, 
lis finirent, 

Je finirai, 
Tu finiras, 
II finira, 
Nous finirons, 
Nous fiiiirez, 
lis finiront, 



Imperfect. 

I was finishing, 
thoa wast finishing, 
he was finishing. 
ive were finishing, 
yon tvere fin ishin g. 
they were finishing. 
Past Definite. 

I finished. 

thou finishedst. 

he finished. 



we finished, 
you finished, 
they finished. 



Future. 



I shall finish. 
thou ivilt finish, 
he icill finish, 
we shall finish, 
you will finish. 
they zcill finish. 



Past Indefinite. 



J'ai fini, 
Tu as fini, 
II a fini, 

Nous avons fini, 
Vous avez fini, 
lis ont fini, 



I have finished. 

thou hast finished. 

he has finished. 

we have finished. 

you have finished. 

they have finished. 



Pluperfect. 



J'avais fini, 
Tu avals fini, 
II avait fini, 
Nous avions fini, 
Vous aviez fini, 
lis avaient fini, 



1 had finished. 

thou hadst finished. 

he had finished. 

we had finished. 

you had finished. 

they had finished^ 



Past Anterior. 
J'eus fini, I had finished. 



Tu tus fini, 
11 eut fini, 
Nous eumes fini, 
Vous eutes fini, 
lis eurent fini, 



thou hadst finished. 

he had finished. 

we had finished. 

you had finished. 

they had finished. 



Future Anterior. 



J'aurai fini, 
Tu auras fini, 
II aura fini, 
Nous aurons fini, 
Vous aurez fini, 
lis auront fini, 



IshaW] 
thou wilt I '^ 

he will ! |- §• 
we shall > ^ ^ 
you will I • 
they will} 



CONDITIONAL MODE. 



Je finirais, 
Tu finirais, 
II finirait, 
Nous finirions, 
Vous finiriez, 
lis finiraient, 



Present. 

I should, finish. 

thou wouldst finish. 

he would finish. 

we should finish. 

you would fin ish . 



Past. 



J'aurais fini, 
Tu aurais fini, 
Ilaurait fini, 
Nous aurions fini, 
Vous aun'ez fini, 



they would finish. lis auraient fini, 



1 should 1 
thou wouldst I '^i^ 
he would I g- 1' 
we should \ §" § 
you would I ' 
they would j 



163 



Finis, 



THE VEBB—RECEVOIB. 
IMPERATIVE MODE. 

finish {thou). 



Finnissons, 
Finissez, 



let us finish, 
finish {you). 



SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 



Peesent. 

Que je finisse, that I may'] 

Que tu finisses, that thou mayst 1 
Qu'il finisse, that he may < 

Que nous finissions, that we may ^ 
Que vous fluissiez, that you may 
Qu'il finissent, that they may ] 



Imperfect. 



Que je flnisse, 
Que tu finisses, 
Qu'il finit, 
Que nous finissions, 
Que vous finissiez, 
Qu'ils finissent, 



that I-\ 

that thou 

that he 

that we 

that you 

that they 



Past. 

Que j'aie fini, that 1 may'] ^ 

Que tu aies fini, that thou m.ayst j | 
Qu'il ait fini, that he may |^ ^ 

Que nous ayons fini, that we may j |. 
Que vous ayez fini, that you may ^ 



Qu'ils aient fini, 



tJiat they may } 



Pluperfect. 

Que j'eusse fini, that F 

Que tu eusses fini, that thou 

Qu'il eut fini, that he 

Que nous eussious fini, that we 

Que vous eussiez fini, that you 

Qu'ils eussent fini, that they 






Conjugation of Mecevoir — to receive. 
INFINITIVE MODE. 



Present. 
Recevoir, to receive. 



Past. 
Avoir re9U, to have received. 



Present. 
Recevant, receiving, 



PARTICIPLES. 

Past. Compound. 

Re^u, received. Ayant re9u, having received. 



INDICATIVE MODE. 



Present. 



Past Indefinite. 



Je re^ois, 
Tu re9ois, 
II re9oit. 
Nous recevons, 
Yous recevez, 
lis re9oivent, 

Je recevais, 
Tu recevais, 
11 recevait, 
Nous recevious 
Vous receviez, 
lie reeevaient, 



I receive. 

thou receivest. 

he receives. 

we receive. 

you receive. 

they receive. 

Imperfect. 

I was receiving. 

thou wast 7'eceiving. 

he was receiving. 

we were receiving. 

you were receiving. 

they were receiving. 



J'ai re9u, 
Tn as re9u, 
ll a re9u. 
Nous avons re9U, 
Vous avez re9u, 
lis ont re9U, 



1 have received. 

thou hast received. 

he has received. 

we have received. 

you have received. 

they have received. 



Pluperfect. 



J' avals re9U, 
Tu avals re9u, 
11 avait re9u, 
Nous avions re9U, 
Vous aviez re9u, 
lie avaient re9U, 



I had received. 

thou hadst received. 

he had received. 

we had received. 

you had received. 

they had received, 



THE VERB—RECEVOIB. 



163 



Past Definite. 



Je re9us, 
Tu re9us, 
II reyut, 
Nous resumes, 
Vous re9iites, 
lis re9urent, 



Je recevrai, 
Tu recevras, 
II recevra, 
Nous recevrons 
Vous recevrez, 
lis recevront, 



/ 7'eceived. 

thou receivedst. 

he received. 

we 7'eceived. 

you received. 

they received. 

Future. 

1 shall receive. 

thou wilt receive. 

he will receive. 

, we shccll receive. 

you ivill receive. 

they will receive. 



Past Antkrior. 

J'eus re9U, I had received. 

Tu eus re9u, thou hadst received. 

II eut re9u, he had received. 

Nous eumes re9U, we had received. 

Vous elites re9u, you had received. 

lis eurent ie9u, they had received. 

Future Anterior. 

J'aurai re9u, I shall have 1 

Tu auras ie9u, thou wilt have \ ^ 

II aura re9u, he will have ! |. 

Nous aurons re9U, we hhall have ] ^ 

Vous aurez re9u, yo>i will have ' 

lis auront re9u, they will have] 



CONDITIONAL MODE. 



Present, 



Je recevrai s, 
Tu recevrai s, 
11 recevrait, 
Nous recevrions, 
Vous recevriez, 
lis recevraieut, 



IsJwuld receive. 

thou wouldst receive. 

he would receive. 

lue should receive. 

you would receive. 

they would receive. 



Past. 



J'aurais re9u, 
Tu aurais re9u, 
II aurait re9u, 
Nous aurions re9u, 
Vous auriez re9U, 
lis auraient re9U, 



I should^ 

thou wouldst I 

he would • 

we should ■ 

you would I 

they would} 



IMPERATIVE MODE. 



Re9ois, 



receive {thou), 



Recevons, 
Recevez, 



Present. 
Que je re9oive, 
Que tu re9oivej?, 
Qu'il re9oive, 
Que nous recevions, 
Que vous receviez, 
Qu'ils re9oivent, 

iMPhRFECT. 

Que je re9usse, 
Que tu re9usses, 
Qu'il re9ut, 
Que nous re9ussions, 
Que vous re9ussiez, 
Qu'ils re9ussent, 



h:s 



that I 
that thou 

that he 

that we 
that you \ 
that they J -^ 

that 1 

that thou 

that he 

that we 

that you 

that they , 



let us receive, 
receive {you). 



SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 

Past. 

Que j'aie re9u, that 1^ 

Que tu aies re9U, that thou I 

Que'il ait re9U, that he •' 

Que nous ayous re9U, that we • 

Que vous aA-ez re9u, that you | 

Qu'ils aientre9n, that they } 

Pluperfect. 

Que j'eusse re9U, that I^ 

Que tu eusses re9U, that thou 

Qu'il eut re9U, that he • 

Que nous eussions re9U, that we 

Que vous eiipsiez ro9u, that you 

Qu'ils eussent re9u, that they. 



O Si 



164 



THE VEBB— VENDEE, 



Conjugation of Vendre—to sell. 
INFINITIVE MODE. 



Present. 
Vendre, to sell. 



Past. 

Avoir vendu, to have sold. 



Present. 
Vendant, selling. 



PARTICIPLES. 

PAST 

Vendu, sold. 



COMPOUND. 

Ayant vendu, having sold. 



INDICATIVE MODE. 





Present. 


Past Indef 


'INITE. 




Je vends, 


I sell 


J'ai vendu, 


/ have sold. 


Tu vends. 


thousellest. 


Tu as vendu, 


thou hast sold. 


11 vend, 


hes<lls. 


11 a vendu, 


he has sold. 


Nous vendons, 


we sell. 


Nous avons vendu, 


we have sold. 


Vous vendez, 


you sell. 


Vous avez vendu, 


you have sold. 


lis vendent, 


they sell. 


lis ont vendu, 


they have sold. 


Imperfect. 


Pluperfi 


ECT. 


Je vendais, 


I was selling. 


J'avais vendii, 


1 had sold. 


Tu vendais, 


thou wast selling. 


Tu avals vendu. 


thou hadst sold. 


11 vendait, . 


he tvas selling. 


11 avait vendu. 


he had sold. 


Nous vendions, 


we were selling. 


Nous avion? vendu, 


we had sold. 


Yous vendiez, 


you IV ere selling. 


Vous aviez vendu, 


you had sold. 


lis vendaient, 


they were selling. 


lis avaient vendu, 


they had sold. 


Past Definite. 


Past Anterior. 


Je vendi>5, 


Isold. 


J'eus vendu, 


Ihad sold. 


Tu vendis, 


thou soldest. 


Tu eus vendu. 


thou hadst sold. 


11 vend it. 


he sold. 


11 eut vendu, 


he had sold. 


Nous ven dimes 


, we sold. 


Nous eumes vendu, 


we had sold. 


Vous vendites, 


you sold. 


Vous elites vendu. 


you had sold. 


lis vendirent, 


they sold. 


lis eurent vendu. 


they had sold. 




Future. 


Future Anterior. 


Je vendrai. 


/ shall sell. 


J'aurai vendu. 


Ishair 




Tu vendras, 


thou wilt sell. 


Tu auras vendu, 


thou wilt 




11 vendra, 


he zvill sell. 


II aura vendu. 


he ivill 1 




Nous vendrons 


, we shall sell. 


Nous aurons vendu 


tve shall 


Vous vendrez, 


you iDill sell. 


Vous aurez vendu. 


you will 


? 


lis vendront, 


they ivill sell. 


Ilr< tuiront vendu, 


they will) 


1 



TRE VERB— PARTICIPLE— ADVERB. 



165 



CONDITIONAL MODE. 



Je vendrais, 
Til vendrais, 
II vendrait, 
Nous vendrions, 
Vous vendriez, 
Us vendraient, 



Present. 

1 should sell. 

thou wouldst sell. 

he would sell. 

we should sell. 

you would sell. 

they would sell. 



Past. 

J'aurais vendu, 
Tu aiirais veiidu, 
II aurait vendu, 
Nousaurious vendu, 
Vous auriez vendu, 
lis auraient vendu, 



1 should 1 

thou wouldf^t I > 

he would. ! « 

we should > ^ 

you would ?* 

they would ^ 



Vends, 



IMPERATIVE MODE. 

Vendons, 
sell {thou) Vendez, 



let us sell, 
sell {you). 



SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. 



Present. 
Que je vende, that 1 may sell. 

Que tu vendes, that thou mays t sell. 
QuMl vende, that he m.ay sell. • 

Que nous vendions, that ive may sell. 
Que vous vendiez, that you may sell. 
Qu'ils vendent, that they may sell. 



Past. 

Que j'aie vendu, that I may" 

Que tu aies vendu, that thou mayst 
Qu'il ait vendu, that he may 

Que nous ayons vendu, that we may 
Que vous ayez vendu, that you may 
Qu'ils aient vendu, that they may ^ 



Imperfect. 
Que je vendisse. 
Que tu vendisses, 
QuUl vendit. 
Que nous vendissions, 
Que vous vendissiez, 
Qu'ils vendissent. 



t?tat 71 

that thou I. 

that he >- 

that we ^ 

that you t^ 

that they ^ 



Pluperfect. 
Que j'eusse vendu, 
Que tu eusses vendu, 
Qu'il eut vendu. 
Que nous eussions vendu, 
Que vous eussiez vendu, 
Qu'ils eussent vendu, 






VI. The Participle. 

The Participles are given with the verbs. 



VII. TTie Adverb. 



Ainsi, thus ; 
alors, then ; 
aujourd'hui, to-day ; 
atissi, also, too ; 



ensuite, then, afterwards ; 
hier, yesterday ; 
longtemps, long, a long time ; 
maintenant, now ; 



166 



THE AD VERB— PREPOSITION'. 



bien, well ; 
bientot, soon ; 
comme, as, like ; 
comment, how ; 
dedans, witliin ; 
dehors, outside ; 
deja, already ; 
demain, to-morrow ; 
encore, still ; yet ; 
ensemble, together ; 



mal, badly ; 

partout, everywhere ; 

quand, when ; 

presque, almost ; 

si, so ; 

souvent, often ; 

surtout, especially ; 

tantot, by and by; a little while age 

tard, late ; 

toujours, always. 



Assez, enough ; moins, less ; 

autant, as much ; as many ; P^^j little ; a few ; 

beaucoup, much, many ; plus, more ; 

combien, how much, how many ; trop, too ; too much. 



Doucement, softly, gently ; 
heureusement, fortunately; 



lentement, slowly ; 
poliment, politely. 



Tres, very ; 
fort, hard ; very ; 



bien, well, very ; 
assez, enough ; rather. 



Avant, before ; 
contre, against ; 
depuis, since ; 
derriere, behind ; 
devant, before ; 
entre, between ; 
environ, about ; 
excepte, except ; 



VIII. The Preposition. 

hors, out ; 

jusque, till, until ; as far as • 

parmi, among ; 

pendant, during ; 

pres de, near ; 

sous, under ; 

sur, on, upon ; 

vis a vis, opposite. 



THE CONJUNCTION— INTERJECTION. 



167 



IX. 

Aussitot que, as soon as ; 
avant que, before ; 
car, for ; 

Dependant, however ; 
et, and ; 
lorsque, when ; 
mais, but ; 



The Conjunction. 

ni, neither ; nor ; 
ou, or ; 

parce que, because f 
pourquoi. why ; 
que, that ; 
^uoique, although ; 
si, if ; whether. 



Ah! ah! 
aie ! oh ! 
helas ! alas I 
fi! fy! 
oh! oh! 



The Interjection. 

bah ! pshaw ! 
paix ! silence t 
chut ! hist ! 
hola ! hallo t 
eh bien ! well then \ 



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